IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dothan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981NC101002
  • User Pedon ID: 81NC101002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0790
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50184
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 35.5000954
  • Std. Longitude: -78.3330612
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Johnson County, NC: 2.9 mi NW on HWY 70 feet intersection w/ HWY 42 in Clayton to entrance of Central Crops Station.
  • State: North Carolina
  • County: NC101—Johnston
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Larry F. Ratliff
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Plinthic Kandiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dothan
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dothan
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Plinthic Paleudult
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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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    1Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loamy sand; single grain; hard, very friable; 5.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P04701. Few pockets of partially decomposed organic residue.; many fine and medium roots
    1A2—13 to 38 centimeters (5.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loamy sand; single grain; hard, very friable; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P04702. Few pockets of sandy clay loam assumed to be brought up by subsoiling activities.; common fine roots
    1A3—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loamy sand; single grain; hard, very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P04703. Few pockets of sandy clay loam.; few fine roots
    1B21t—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior sandy clay loam; 1 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) fine distinct mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine and medium tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04704. Sand grains coated and bridged with clay.; few fine roots; few fine distinct 7.5YR68 mottles
    1B22t—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior sandy clay loam; 11 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine and medium tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04705. Sand grains coated and bridged with clay.; few fine roots; common medium distinct 5YR56 mottles
    1B23t—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior sandy clay loam; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine distinct and 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) fine distinct and 30 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) medium and coarse prominent mottles; weak medium platy, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 2.5 fine to coarse tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P04706. Sand grains and bridged with clay. Estimated 3 to 5 percent red platy plinthite.; many medium and coarse prominent 2.5YR48 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR63 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR72 mottles
    1B24t—117 to 183 centimeters (46.1 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior and red (2.5YR 4/8) interior sandy clay loam; moderate medium platy, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 2.5 very fine tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 81P04707. About 10 percent red platy plinthite.