IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Towaliga
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000GA035001
  • User Pedon ID: S2000GA035001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2000GA035001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0803
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12301
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 33.2977791
  • Std. Longitude: -83.8511124
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: located about 1800 feet south of Georgia Highway 16 at Yellow Water Creek bridge.
  • State: Georgia
  • County: GA035—Butts
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: GA035—Butts County, Georgia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 33083-C7—Lloyd Shoals Dam, Georgia

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Towaliga
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, kaolinitic Typic Kanhapludults
  • Classificaton Date - 3/3/2000
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/3/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CARYA

    PIPA2

    QUERC

    Carya

    Pinus palustris

    Quercus

    hybrid hickory

    longleaf pine

    oak

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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
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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) extremely gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 70 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P05000. (2 to 6 inches thick)
    BE—8 to 28 centimeters (3.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter quartzite fragments and 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P05001. (0 to 21 inches thick)
    Bw1—28 to 53 centimeters (11.0 to 20.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) very gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 coarse roots; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter quartzite fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P05002
    Bw2—53 to 84 centimeters (20.9 to 33.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) very gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots; 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter quartzite fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P05003. (combined thickness of the Bw horizons is 10 to 28 inches)
    2Bt—84 to 122 centimeters (33.1 to 48.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P05004
    2BC1—122 to 165 centimeters (48.0 to 65.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) silt loam; 3 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/4) fine prominent and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 00P05005
    2BC2—165 to 203 centimeters (65.0 to 79.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 00P05006