IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cowarts
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: Boyce Paurte - Turkey Creek
  • User Pedon ID: S2006SC061004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N0833
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18493
  • 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: 34.2944450
  • Std. Longitude: -80.2991638
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Lucknow 7.5 minute topographic quadrangle (South Carolina)
  • State: South Carolina
  • County: SC061—Lee
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SC061—Lee County, South Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John Kelley, Mike Wilson, Charlie Ogg, Caleb Gulley, Jackie Reed
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kanhapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cowarts
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/27/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cowarts
  • Classificaton Date - 6/6/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy fluviomarine deposits
  • Landscape: upper coastal plain
  • Landform: fluviomarine terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/6/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 7
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    weakly coherent

    58 - 70

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—20

    20—70

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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

    8

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    85

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    1150

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    213

    16.5

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonplastic; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 5-10-15 millimeter quartz fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 5-10-15 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N03491; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt1—20 to 40 centimeters (7.9 to 15.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) broken face sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 15 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 85 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 5-10-15 millimeter quartz fragments and 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 5-10-15 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N03492; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt2—40 to 58 centimeters (15.7 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) broken face sandy clay loam; moderate thick platy structure; friable; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 15 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 85 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented olive yellow (2.5Y 6/8), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 7 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated 5-10-15 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N03493; moist when described; observed in trench
    Btx—58 to 70 centimeters (22.8 to 27.6 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8) broken face sandy clay loam; moderate thick platy structure; firm; brittle; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 95 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented white (2.5Y 8/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 15 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; 5 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N03494; moist when described; observed in trench
    Cd—70 to 110 centimeters (27.6 to 43.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) broken face loamy sand; structureless massive; firm; brittle; 3 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; 5 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified with sharp boundaries in matrix and 6 percent medium prominent spherical noncoherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, clay bodies with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N03495; moist when described; observed in trench. Cd (70 to 110 cm) may be a BCx with weak coarse subangular blocky structure with about 5% 10YR 5/8 and 10YR 5/4 clay films.
    C1—110 to 137 centimeters (43.3 to 53.9 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) broken face loamy sand; structureless massive; friable; 3 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 15 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; 5 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified with sharp boundaries in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent platy noncoherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, clay bodies with sharp boundaries in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent spherical noncoherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, clay bodies with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N03496; moist when described; observed in trench. C1 (110 to 137 cm) may be a BC or CB1.
    C2—137 to 176 centimeters (53.9 to 69.3 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) broken face loamy sand; structureless massive; friable; 3 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; 5 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N03497; moist when described; observed in trench
    C3—176 to 200 centimeters (69.3 to 78.7 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/8) broken face loamy sand; structureless massive; friable; 2 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 4 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented pink (5YR 8/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; 5 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified with sharp boundaries in matrix and 4 percent medium prominent spherical noncoherent cemented pink (5YR 8/3), moist, clay bodies with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N03498; moist when described; observed in trench
    C4—200 to 216 centimeters (78.7 to 85.0 inches); yellow (10YR 7/8) broken face sand; structureless single grain; loose; 3 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented reddish yellow (5YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments. Lab sample # 06N03499; moist when described; observed in trench