IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chastain
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995SC069013
  • User Pedon ID: S1995SC069013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Clemson
  • Lab Pedon # - S90SC069-30
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82759
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 34.5543286
  • Std. Longitude: -79.7970081
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: TUD taken from Marlboro County SC; Typical pedon of Chastain loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, in an area of Chastain- Chenneby complex, frequently flooded; 4.2 miles southwest on U.S. Highway 15 & 401 from its intersection with Main Street in Bennettsville, 1.5 miles south on Edwards Road, 0.4 mile southwest on a farm road, 1,300 feet northwest on a logging road, 2,000 feet west on the logging road, 20 feet north of the road.
  • Map Unit: Ce—Chastain-Chenneby complex, frequently flooded
  • 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-E7—Society Hill, South Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ronald Morton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, acid, thermic Fluvaquentic Endoaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chastain
  • Classificaton Date - 7/8/2015
  • Classifier - Jonathan Doss
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chastain
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey fluviomarine 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: 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 Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—13

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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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    —

    23

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    1360

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    255

    18

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; 10 percent medium faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL0950; moist when described;
    A2—13 to 31 centimeters (5.1 to 12.2 inches); loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL0951; moist when described;
    Bg1—31 to 66 centimeters (12.2 to 26.0 inches); clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; 10 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL0952; moist when described;
    Bg2—66 to 137 centimeters (26.0 to 53.9 inches); clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few fine roots throughout; 1 percent medium distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent coarse distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL0953; moist when described;
    2Cg—137 to 191 centimeters (53.9 to 75.2 inches); loamy sand; structureless massive; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few fine roots throughout; 10 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # CL0954; moist when described;