IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dorian
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008SC091001-Dorian, OSD
  • User Pedon ID: S2008SC091001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2008SC091001-Dorian, OSD
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0517
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20191
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024
  • 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: 34.9848328
  • Std. Longitude: -81.4600525
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: (S08SC091-1) Pedon of Dorian sandy loam, 0-4%, rarely flooded; York County, South Carolina; is about 2.5 miles west of Hickory Grove, South Carolina. From the junction of State Highway 211 and secondary road 816 (Smith Ford Road), west on secondary road 816 for 2.7 miles, 360 degrees north for 10 feet in wooded area; USGS topographic quadrangle Hickory Grove, SC (1972); UTM ZONE 17 458010E and 3871458N. NAD 83 (lat. 34 degrees 59 minutes 5.4 seconds N. and long. 81 degrees 27 minutes 36.2 seconds W. NAD 83)
  • Map Unit: 93B—Dorian sandy loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes, rarely flooded
  • State: South Carolina
  • County: SC091—York
  • MLRA: 136—Southern Piedmont
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SC091—York County, South Carolina
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 34081-H4—Hickory Grove, South Carolina
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Lance Brewington/Myra Jones/Corry Calderone
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, thermic Aquic Paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dorian
  • Classificaton Date - 12/2/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dorian
  • Classificaton Date - 3/6/2008
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey alluvium
  • Landscape: southern piedmont
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: rare flooding for very brief periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/6/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: A4
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • 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

    PITA

    Pinus taeda

    loblolly pine

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—28

    48—203

    94—203

    —28—

    —155—

    —109—

    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

    2

    135.9

    A—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.4 very coarse roots throughout and 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout and 0.4 coarse roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N03325; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BA—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N03326; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots between peds; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 08N03327; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 406526; continuous - phpvsfiid 406526
    Bt2—76 to 94 centimeters (29.9 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct spherical weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese nodules throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N03328; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 406528; continuous - phpvsfiid 406528
    Bt3—94 to 119 centimeters (37.0 to 46.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) broken face clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium prominent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N03329; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 406529; continuous - phpvsfiid 406529
    Btg1—119 to 155 centimeters (46.9 to 61.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) broken face clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N03330; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 406530; continuous - phpvsfiid 406530
    Btg2—155 to 203 centimeters (61.0 to 79.9 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) broken face clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 08N03331; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 406527; continuous - phpvsfiid 406527