IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dorian
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2008SC091005-Dorian, OSD
  • User Pedon ID: S2008SC091005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0521
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 20195
  • 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: 34.9434166
  • Std. Longitude: -81.3928909
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: (S08SC091-5) Pedon of Dorian sandy loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes, rarely flooded; York County, South Carolina; about 3 miles southeast of the town of Hickory Grove, South Carolina; from the junction of secondary road 72 (Howells Ferry Rd) and secondary road 61 Sawmill Rd), south on secondary road 61 for 0.7 mile, south on Hickory Heights road for 0.3 mile, east on Wilson Chapel road for 1.0 mile, 90 degrees east for 50 feet; USGS topographic quadrangle, Hickory Grove, SC (1972); UTM Zone 17, 464124E and 3866841N. NAD 83 (lat. 34 degrees 56 minutes 36.4 seconds N. and long. 81 degrees 23 minutes 34.4 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: Emory Holsonback/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 #: 5
  • 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 - 1/16/2008
  • 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: 1/16/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: B4
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—30

    30—203

    74—203

    —30—

    —173—

    —129—
    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

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    140

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    A—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 3 percent fine distinct spherical weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese nodules throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N03360; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct and 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) medium faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct spherical weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese nodules throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N03361; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 406561; continuous - phpvsfiid 406561
    Bt2—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) broken face clay; 10 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) medium distinct and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct spherical weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese nodules throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N03362; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 406560; continuous - phpvsfiid 406560
    Bt3—74 to 89 centimeters (29.1 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) broken face clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 15 percent medium prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N03363; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 406559; continuous - phpvsfiid 406559
    Bt4—89 to 137 centimeters (35.0 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 30 percent coarse prominent gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N03364; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 406562; continuous - phpvsfiid 406562
    Bt5—137 to 183 centimeters (53.9 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) broken face clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 30 percent coarse prominent light gray (5Y 7/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N03365; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 406558; continuous - phpvsfiid 406558
    Btg—183 to 203 centimeters (72.0 to 79.9 inches); light gray (5Y 7/1) broken face clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 08N03366; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 406563; continuous - phpvsfiid 406563