IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Norfolk
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982SC041007
  • User Pedon ID: 82SC041007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1982SC041007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0448
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50685
  • Print Date: 4/10/2026

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: USDA-ARS, Coastal Plains Soil and Water Conservation Research Center Tillage Plots, Florence County, South Carolina. (Sites 204 and 185).
  • State: South Carolina
  • County: SC041—Florence
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SC041—Florence County, South Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Lawson D. Spivey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Typic Paleudults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Norfolk
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Typic Paleudults
  • Classificaton Date - 2/8/1982
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Coastal Plains deposits loamy
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/8/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    GLMA4

    ZEMA

    Glycine max

    Zea mays

    soybean

    corn

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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
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    Ap1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loamy fine sand; weak medium granular structure; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 82P02224
    E—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loamy fine sand; weak medium granular structure; 0.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; clear irregular boundary.
    Bt1—25 to 61 centimeters (9.8 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine and medium pores; clay films on surfaces along pores and clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bt2—61 to 130 centimeters (24.0 to 51.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bt3—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); sandy clay; brown (10YR 4/3) and red (2.5YR 4/6) and gray (10YR 5/1) and pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) mottles; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent by volume plinthite nodules fragments.