IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Benevolence
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2015GA007004
  • User Pedon ID: S2015GA007004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 18N0124
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87443
  • User Project ID: JERC_003_NEON
  • Project Name: Jones Ecological Research Center
  • 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: 31.2103611
  • Std. Longitude: -84.4685306
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Jones Ecological Research Center
  • Map Unit: TwB—Troup sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Georgia
  • County: GA007—Baker
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-TIF—Tifton, Georgia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 31084-B4—Hopeful, Georgia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C.Hatcher, J.Velazquez, G.Reynolds, D.Hopkins
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kandiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: ecological site data
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Benevolence
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kandiudults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/20/2015
  • Classifier - C.Hatcher, J.Velazquez, G.Reynolds, D.Hopkins
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy marine deposits derived from sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • RaCA Site ID - JERC_022
  • DSP Plot ID - SW
  • Plot Baseline Azimuth - 35
  • Plot Baseline Length - 3
  • Plot Width - 20
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - Center of Pit
  • Plot or Site Recorder - Hatcher, Velaquez-Garcia,Reynolds, Hopkins

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/13/2015 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: C.Hatcher, J.Velazquez, G.Reynolds, D.Hopkins
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    kandic horizon

    0—12

    20—100

    20—10

    —12—

    —80—

    —80—
    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

    3

    61

    76

    46

    —

    1360

    —

    255

    18

    29

    11.2

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    A—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; deformable; low excavation difficulty; common (3.0) very fine roots throughout and common (3.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 18N00978; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—12 to 20 centimeters (4.7 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; deformable; low excavation difficulty; common (3.0) very fine roots throughout and common (3.0) fine roots throughout and common (3.0) coarse roots throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 18N00979; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—20 to 66 centimeters (7.9 to 26.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) sandy loam; 8 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; semideformable; low excavation difficulty; few (0.5) medium roots throughout and few (0.5) fine roots throughout; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 18N00980; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—66 to 100 centimeters (26.0 to 39.4 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) sandy loam; 20 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; low excavation difficulty; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 18N00981; moist when described; observed in pit, small