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:
11/21/2024
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:
34.9434166
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