IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hiwassee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984GA207001
  • User Pedon ID: 84GA207001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0472
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54716
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 32.9886093
  • Std. Longitude: -84.0430527
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Monroe County, GA 3 km W of GA83 at intersection of Brent road and spear road 200 meters E of Lamar County line.
  • State: Georgia
  • County: GA207—Monroe
  • MLRA: 136—Southern Piedmont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Grover Thomas and Talbert Gerald
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hiwassee
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, kaolinitic Typic Rhodudults
  • PSC - 15 to 63 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/1/1984 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—15

    15—168

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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

    4

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    280

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    0

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    095443

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    1A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dusky red (10R 3/4) interior sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02532. common fine roots
    1Bt1—15 to 45 centimeters (5.9 to 17.7 inches); dark red (10R 3/6) interior clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02533. few fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217109; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217109
    1Bt2—45 to 69 centimeters (17.7 to 27.2 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02534. few fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 217110; continuous - phpvsfiid 217110
    1Bt3—69 to 88 centimeters (27.2 to 34.6 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) interior clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02535. Few coarse sand grains.; few fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217111; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217111
    1Bt4—88 to 116 centimeters (34.6 to 45.7 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) interior clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02536. Few coarse sandgrains.; few fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217112; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217112
    1Bt5—116 to 142 centimeters (45.7 to 55.9 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02537. few fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217113; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217113
    1Bt6—142 to 168 centimeters (55.9 to 66.1 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8) interior clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02538. few fine roots; few fine distinct 7.5YR58 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217114; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217114
    1B/C—168 to 204 centimeters (66.1 to 80.3 inches); 80 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) interior and 20 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior clay loam, sandy clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky, and structureless subangular blocky structure; firm; , moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02539. B portion is red. C portion approximately 20% by volume is yellowish red massive and friable.; common fine mica flakes concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230054; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 230054
    1CB—204 to 232 centimeters (80.3 to 91.3 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior sandy clay loam; 11 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) medium distinct mottles; friable; 11 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02540. Mottle color a percentage of B material. Saprolite that crushes to sandy clay loam.; common fine mica flakes concentrations; common medium distinct 2.5YR48 mottles
    1C—232 to 254 centimeters (91.3 to 100.0 inches); sandy clay loam; massive; friable; 30 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments. Lab sample # 84P02541. Mottled brown yellow and red saprolite.; many fine mica flakes concentrations