IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Capers
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2016SC013001
  • User Pedon ID: S2016SC013001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 16N1317
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 85243
  • 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: 32.3931670
  • Std. Longitude: -80.6637110
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Beaufort County, South Carolina: Head East on Highway 21, cross the Beaufort River and head East about .6 mile to Island Causeway Road, head .25 mile west to Bull Run CT Road, head 400 feet North West along Bull Run CT Road then walk 130 feet north to the site.
  • State: South Carolina
  • County: SC013—Beaufort
  • MLRA: 153B—Tidewater Area
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-LAU—Laurens, South Carolina
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SC013—Beaufort County, South Carolina
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 32080-D6—Beaufort, South Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Gary Hankins, Charles Lagoueyte
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, nonacid, thermic Typic Sulfaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Capers
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, active, nonacid, thermic Typic Sulfaquents
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/30/2016
  • Classifier - Gary Hankins, Charles Lagoueyte
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey marine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: tidal marsh
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Ksat Class Upper: low
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/21/2016 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Gary Hankins and Charles Lagoueyte
  • Air Photo ID: Beaufort
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - marshland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron lining pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N05926; moderately moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg1—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sandy clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N05927; very moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg2—23 to 78 centimeters (9.1 to 30.7 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay; coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, moderately plastic; 25 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N05928; very moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg1—78 to 107 centimeters (30.7 to 42.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) clay; massive; very firm, nonsticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent fine prominent greenish gray (10GY 5/1), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 25 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N05929; very moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg2—107 to 126 centimeters (42.1 to 49.6 inches); 60 percent greenish gray (10G 5/1) and 40 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) clay; massive; very firm, nonsticky, moderately plastic; 25 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N05930; very moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg3—126 to 157 centimeters (49.6 to 61.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) clay loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 10 percent medium faint gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N05931; very moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg4—157 to 200 centimeters (61.8 to 78.7 inches); 10Y 6/ (10Y 6/), sandy clay loam; massive; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 10 percent medium prominent pale olive (10Y 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 10 percent medium prominent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 10 percent medium prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter. Lab sample # 16N05932; very moist when described; observed in pit, small