IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Orangeburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2015GA007017
  • User Pedon ID: S2015GA007017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 18N0135
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87468
  • User Project ID: JERC_003_NEON
  • Project Name: Jones Ecological Research Center
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • 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: 31.1948600
  • Std. Longitude: -84.4570000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Jones Neon site 009. Orangeburg soil sampled to 1 meter for the project.
  • 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

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Depew, A. Perez, A. Steglich, L. Crockett
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kandiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: ecological site data
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Forest Overstory Veg. Type - tree
  • Forest Understory Veg. Type - perennial forbs or herbaceous
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Sandy and Loamy Marine Deposits
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • RaCA Site ID - JERC_009
  • 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 - M.Martinez, A.Tan, S.Page

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/14/2015 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: S. Depew, A. Steglich, L. Crockett, A Perez
  • 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

    0—24

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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
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    A—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loamy sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; many medium roots and many fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 18N01026; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—6 to 24 centimeters (2.4 to 9.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; common fine roots and few coarse roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 18N01027; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—24 to 39 centimeters (9.4 to 15.4 inches); 80 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few fine roots; fragments; Organic Stains 7.5YR 3/2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 18N01028; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—39 to 64 centimeters (15.4 to 25.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented ironstone nodules fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 18N01029; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt3—64 to 100 centimeters (25.2 to 39.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 18N01030; moist when described; observed in pit, small