IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Bigbee
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S2015GA007029
User Pedon ID:
S2015GA007029
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
KSSL
Lab Pedon # -
18N0144
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
87632
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:
31.1804694
Std. Longitude:
-84.4723130
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
Jones Neon site 016. Bigbee Soil in a bottom land hardwood site. Variety of oaks of all sizes and heights. Minimal surface vegetation of grasses, mostly shaded and leaf drop on surface. Dominant tress are Laurel and Overcup Oaks and hickory.
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:
Thermic, coated Typic Quartzipsamments
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 -
none
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
Sandy Marine Deposits
Slope Complexity:
simple
Slope Shape Across:
convex
Slope Shape Down:
convex
Drainage Class:
excessively
Flooding:
occasional flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
RaCA Information:
RaCA Site ID -
JERC_016
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:
10/15/2015 (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 -
hardwoods
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Kind of Land:
nongrazable woodland understory
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
ochric epipedon
0—16
—16—
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
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A—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; many very fine roots and common medium roots and many fine roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 18N01068; moist when described; observed in pit, small
C1—16 to 38 centimeters (6.3 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; common very fine roots and common medium roots and common fine roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 18N01069; moist when described; observed in pit, small
C2—38 to 60 centimeters (15.0 to 23.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; common very fine roots and common medium roots and common fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 18N01070; moist when described; observed in pit, small
C3—60 to 86 centimeters (23.6 to 33.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; few coarse roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 18N01071; moist when described; observed in pit, small
C4—86 to 100 centimeters (33.9 to 39.4 inches); 60 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and 40 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; few coarse roots; fragments. Lab sample # 18N01072; moist when described; observed in pit, small