IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Byars
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995SC069011
  • User Pedon ID: S1995SC069011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Clemson
  • Lab Pedon # - S92SC069-40
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82766
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 34.3668029
  • Std. Longitude: -79.6026800
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: TUD taken from Marlboro County SC; Typical pedon of Byars loam; 0.4 mile south on S.C. Highway 38 from its intersection with S.C. Highway 34 in Brownsville, 0.5 mile west on an unpaved road, 0.9 mile south on Berry Road to a logging road, 1,200 feet west on the logging road, 30 feet north of the road.
  • Map Unit: By—Byars loam
  • State: South Carolina
  • County: SC069—Marlboro
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-LAU—Laurens, South Carolina
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SC069—Marlboro County, South Carolina
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 34079-C5—Oak Grove, South Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ronald Morton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Umbric Paleaquults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Byars
  • Classificaton Date - 7/8/2015
  • Classifier - Jonathan Doss
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Byars
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey marine deposits
  • Landscape: marine terrace
  • Landform: coastal plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/8/2015 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: Ronald Morton
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    umbric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—48

    48—152

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    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

    1

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    20

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    1360

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    255

    18

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    A—0 to 48 centimeters (0.0 to 18.9 inches); loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout and many coarse roots throughout; many very fine dendritic tubular and many fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL1110; moist when described;
    Btg1—48 to 58 centimeters (18.9 to 22.8 inches); clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many very fine roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; many fine dendritic tubular pores; 1 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL1111; moist when described;
    Btg2—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few fine dendritic tubular pores; 35 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels and 35 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent coarse faint light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent medium distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent very fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL1112; moist when described;
    Btg3—81 to 122 centimeters (31.9 to 48.0 inches); silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 35 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent reddish yellow (5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent very fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL1113; moist when described;
    Btg4—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 35 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # CL1114; moist when described;