IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rains
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982SC041001
  • User Pedon ID: 82SC041001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1982SC041001
  • User Site Association ID: EVAL MLRA 153A 3-RHI Rains Sandy Loam
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0287
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 34.1487389
  • Std. Longitude: -79.9067230
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: in Florence, South Carolina, about 2 miles slightly north of east of Timmonsville; 1.78 miles east along highway 76 from the intersection of State Road 21-83 (Honda Way) and Highway 76 in Timmonsville; and 0.22 miles north along S. Sally Hill Road to Delby Lane; accross agricultural field, site is located 657 feet east of road in a wooded area.
  • Map Unit: Cv—Coxville fine sandy loam
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: South Carolina
  • County: SC041—Florence
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-RHI—Richmond Hill, Georgia
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SC041—Florence County, South Carolina
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 34079-B8—Timmonsville, South Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bobby Ward, Ron Morton and Don Hallbick
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rains
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous Typic Paleaquults
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1982
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy marine deposits
  • Landscape: lower coastal plain
  • Landform: flat on marine terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: dip
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Ksat Class Upper: moderately high
  • Ksat Class Lower: moderately high
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    LIST2

    PITA

    Liquidambar styraciflua

    Pinus taeda

    sweetgum

    loblolly pine

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    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

    0.1

    207

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    43.5

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    143

    1090

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    233

    17.6

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    Florence Regional Airport, SC

    NOAA
    1A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P01276. many fine and medium roots
    1E—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P01277. Few tongues of A horizon in upper part.; common fine roots; few medium roots
    1Btg1—30 to 50 centimeters (11.8 to 19.7 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior sandy loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P01278. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine and medium roots; few medium distinct 10YR56 mottles
    1Btg2—50 to 100 centimeters (19.7 to 39.4 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior sandy clay loam; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P01279. Few small pockets of gray (10YR 6/1) sandy loam.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine and medium roots; common medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; few fine prominent 2.5YR46 mottles
    1Btg3—100 to 132 centimeters (39.4 to 52.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior sandy clay loam; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) fine and medium prominent and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P01281. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine and medium prominent 2.5YR46 mottles; few fine and medium prominent 10YR56 mottles
    1BCg1—132 to 158 centimeters (52.0 to 62.2 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior sandy clay loam; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P01282. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few medium distinct 10YR66 mottles
    1BCg2—158 to 200 centimeters (62.2 to 78.7 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior sandy clay loam; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 83P01283. few fine distinct 10YR66 mottles