IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Faceville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2015GA007024
  • User Pedon ID: S2015GA007024
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 18N0139
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87419
  • User Project ID: JERC_003_NEON
  • Project Name: Jones Ecological Research Center
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • 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: 31.1755556
  • Std. Longitude: -84.4692500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Jones Ecological Research Center
  • State: Georgia
  • County: GA007—Baker
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 31084-B4—Hopeful, Georgia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Burns, Nichols, Lene, Moore
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kandiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Faceville
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kandiudults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 50 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/16/2016
  • Classifier - Burns, Nichols, Lene, Moore
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Forest Overstory Veg. Type - tree
  • Forest Understory Veg. Type - shrub
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy fluviomarine deposits
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • RaCA Site ID - JERC_021
  • 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 - Burns, Nichols, Lene. Moore

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/14/2015 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Burns, Nichols, Lene, Moore
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    0—15

    50—100

    —15—

    —50—
    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

    —

    —

    36

    —

    1312

    —

    245

    19.6

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    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; many (20.0) very fine roots throughout and common (10.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 18N01046; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—15 to 32 centimeters (5.9 to 12.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; common (10.0) very fine roots between peds and few (0.2) fine roots between peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 18N01047; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BE—32 to 50 centimeters (12.6 to 19.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine sandy loam; 14 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common (10.0) fine roots between peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 18N01048; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—50 to 70 centimeters (19.7 to 27.6 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; 24 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few (0.2) fine roots between peds; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 18N01049; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—70 to 100 centimeters (27.6 to 39.4 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few (0.2) fine roots between peds; 5 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # 18N01050; moist when described; observed in pit, small