IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Norfolk
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2015GA007027
  • User Pedon ID: S2015GA007027
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 18N0142
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87753
  • User Project ID: JERC_003_NEON
  • Project Name: Jones Ecological Research Center
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 31.1850278
  • Std. Longitude: -84.4762778
  • 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-loamy, 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 - Norfolk
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kandiudults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 32 to 82 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/17/2016
  • 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 - perennial grass
  • Forest Understory Veg. Type - perennial grass
  • 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: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • RaCA Site ID - JERC_030
  • 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, Nichole, 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 - grass/herbaceous 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

    kandic horizon

    0—15

    32—100

    32—100

    —15—

    —68—

    —68—
    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

    —

    —

    36

    —

    1312

    —

    245

    19.6

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    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loamy fine sand; 8 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; many (20.0) very fine roots throughout and many (20.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 18N01058
    AE—15 to 32 centimeters (5.9 to 12.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy fine sand; 8 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; common very fine roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 18N01059
    Bt1—32 to 62 centimeters (12.6 to 24.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; 23 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 18N01060
    Bt2—62 to 83 centimeters (24.4 to 32.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 18N01061
    Bt3—83 to 100 centimeters (32.7 to 39.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 15 percent medium prominent noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron between peds and 25 percent medium distinct noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions between peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # 18N01062