IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chastain
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008SC085031
  • User Pedon ID: S2008SC085031-Chastain
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0422
  • Print Date: 7/1/2025

    • 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: 34.0377769
  • Std. Longitude: -79.9905548
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Sardis (SC) USGS 7.5 minute topo
  • Map Unit: MaA—Mantachie-Mimms complex, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded
  • State: South Carolina
  • County: SC085—Sumter
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SC085—Sumter County, South Carolina
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 34079-A8—Sardis, South Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C.Ogg
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, acid, thermic Fluvaquentic Endoaquepts
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 31
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chastain
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, semiactive, acid, thermic Fluvaquentic Endoaquepts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/30/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/30/2008 (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

    cambic horizon

    0—10

    10—168

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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

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    34

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loam; moderate medium granular structure; fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments. Lab sample # 08N02771; observed in auger, bucket
    Bg1—10 to 76 centimeters (3.9 to 29.9 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/1) clay; 8 percent coarse prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments. Lab sample # 08N02772; observed in auger, bucket
    Bg2—76 to 155 centimeters (29.9 to 61.0 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/1) clay; 5 percent medium prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron and 8 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments. Lab sample # 08N02773; observed in auger, bucket
    Bg3—155 to 168 centimeters (61.0 to 66.1 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/1) sandy clay; 3 percent medium distinct pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) masses of oxidized iron on surfaces along root channels and 3 percent fine prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron; fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments. Lab sample # 08N02774; observed in auger, bucket
    2Cg—168 to 183 centimeters (66.1 to 72.0 inches); coarse sand; fragments. This horizon was not sampled; can feel texture change on auger; high water table in hole causing the coarse sand to flow out of auger bucket.