IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Iredell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985SC023001
  • User Pedon ID: 85SC023001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0772
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57038
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 34.7874985
  • Std. Longitude: -81.1680527
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Chester County, South Carolina: 8 mi NE of Chester on SC 72, W on SC 909 2.0 mi
  • State: South Carolina
  • County: SC023—Chester
  • MLRA: 136—Southern Piedmont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Herren, Hallbick, Defrancesco and Stuckey
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Iredell
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Typic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 15 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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

    paralithic contact

    lithic contact

    0—15

    15—56

    89—114

    114—0

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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

    3

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    176

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    45

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    1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, dry; loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 5.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium spherical magnetic shot; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04086. few medium magnetic shot concentrations; many very fine roots throughout
    1Bt1—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable; 2.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 11 percent medium spherical magnetic shot; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04087. Some pebbles, worm holes, iron manganese.; common medium magnetic shot concentrations; common very fine roots throughout
    1Bt2—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior clay; strong very coarse prismatic, and strong coarse angular blocky structure; extremely firm*; 2.5 very fine roots between peds; 55 percent prominent olive (5Y 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent medium spherical magnetic shot; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04088. Crack 1 cm wide.; few medium magnetic shot concentrations; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots between peds
    1Bt3—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior clay; strong very coarse prismatic, and strong coarse angular blocky structure; extremely firm*; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 55 percent prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04089. Crack 1 cm wide.; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots between peds
    1BC—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 11 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; extremely firm*; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 55 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04090. many clay films surface features; few very fine roots between peds; common medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR22 mottles
    1C—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); 60 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior and 20 percent black (N 2/0) interior and 20 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and 20 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior and 20 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, dry; sandy loam; friable; 0.5 very fine roots in cracks; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04091. Clay seam 1 cm goes through.; few very fine roots in cracks
    1Cr—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); 70 percent black (N 2/0) interior and 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior and 15 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, 70 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior and 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and 15 percent white (10YR 8/1) interior, dry; loamy sand; hard; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04092. Saprolite.
    1R—114 to 124 centimeters (44.9 to 48.8 inches); weathered bedrock; fragments. Rippable bedrock. Multicolored gneiss.