IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dothan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006SC085001
  • User Pedon ID: S2006SC085001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N0838
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18498
  • 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: 34.1112785
  • Std. Longitude: -80.4825592
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Dalzell 7.5 minute topographic quadrangle (South Carolina)
  • Map Unit: FuB—Fuquay-Dothan complex, 0 to 6 percent slopes
  • State: South Carolina
  • County: SC085—Sumter
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SC085—Sumter County, South Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John Kelley, Mike Wilson, Charlie Ogg, Caleb Gulley, Jackie Reed
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Plinthic Kandiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dothan
  • PSC - 45 to 95 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/2010
  • Classifier - Charlie Ogg
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dothan
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Plinthic Kandiudults
  • PSC - 45 to 95 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/18/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • 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: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/18/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    fragipan

    argillic horizon

    kandic horizon

    plinthite

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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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    79

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    1150

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    213

    16.5

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    Ap1—0 to 11 centimeters (0.0 to 4.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; ; ; 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded noncoherent cemented quartz fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N03550; moist when described; observed in trench
    Ap2—11 to 23 centimeters (4.3 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face sand; structureless massive; loose; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N03551; moist when described; observed in trench
    E—23 to 45 centimeters (9.1 to 17.7 inches); 60 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face and 40 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) broken face sand; structureless massive; loose; 1.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N03552; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt1—45 to 76 centimeters (17.7 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) broken face sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots; 90 percent clay bridges between sand grains; 2 percent prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, ironstone nodules and 8 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N03553; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt2—76 to 100 centimeters (29.9 to 39.4 inches); sandy clay loam; firm; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N03560, 06N03561, 06N03554; moist when described; observed in trench
    Btvx1—100 to 118 centimeters (39.4 to 46.5 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) broken face sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and thick platy structure; very firm; brittle; 60 percent clay films; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 7 percent medium prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented plinthite nodules and 8 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented plinthite nodules; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N03555, 06N03563, 06N03562; moist when described; observed in trench
    2Btvx2—118 to 132 centimeters (46.5 to 52.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and thick platy structure; very firm; brittle; brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, and red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, clay films; 3 percent prominent irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (2.5Y 7/1), moist, iron depletions and 8 percent prominent irregular noncoherent cemented pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), moist, iron depletions and 9 percent medium prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented plinthite nodules and 10 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented plinthite nodules and 25 percent prominent irregular noncoherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N03565, 06N03564, 06N03556; moist when described; observed in trench
    2Btvx3—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak platy structure; firm; brittle; 7 percent coarse prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented plinthite nodules and 11 percent medium prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented plinthite nodules and 15 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented plinthite nodules and 20 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, iron depletions and 20 percent prominent irregular noncoherent cemented red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N03557, 06N03567, 06N03566; moist when described; observed in trench
    2Btvx4—152 to 184 centimeters (59.8 to 72.4 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) broken face sandy clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 20 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, iron depletions and 20 percent prominent irregular noncoherent cemented red (2.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N03558; moist when described; observed in trench
    2Btvx5—184 to 205 centimeters (72.4 to 80.7 inches); sandy clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 5Y 5/8 (5Y 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and white (2.5Y 8/1), moist, iron depletions and 5 percent red (2.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # 06N03559; moist when described; observed in trench