IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Orangeburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993SC017021
  • User Pedon ID: S1993SC017021
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Clemson
  • Lab Pedon # - S89SC017-13
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82730
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 33.6751062
  • Std. Longitude: -80.9329499
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: TUD taken from Calhoun County SC; Typical pedon of Orangeburg loamy sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes; about 9 miles west of St. Matthews, 8 miles west on S.C. Highway 6 from U.S. Highway 601, about 0.85 mile southwest on S.C. Highway 172, about 100 feet south of the road.
  • Map Unit: OrB—Orangeburg loamy sand, 2 to 5 percent slopes
  • State: South Carolina
  • County: SC017—Calhoun
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-LAU—Laurens, South Carolina
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SC017—Calhoun County, South Carolina
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 33080-F8—Staley Crossroads, South Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dennis J. DeFrancesco
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kandiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Orangeburg
  • Classificaton Date - 8/5/2015
  • Classifier - Jonathan Doss
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Oragneburg
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1989
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy marine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/5/2015 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: Dennis J. DeFrancesco
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    kandic horizon

    0—41

    41—191

    41—191

    —41—

    —150—

    —150—
    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    4

    —

    —

    90

    —

    1360

    —

    255

    18

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loamy sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL0523; moist when described;
    E—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL0524; moist when described;
    Bt1—41 to 89 centimeters (16.1 to 35.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH indicator solutions; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0525; moist when described;
    Bt2—89 to 147 centimeters (35.0 to 57.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH indicator solutions; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0526; moist when described;
    Bt3—147 to 191 centimeters (57.9 to 75.2 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # CL0527; moist when described;