IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cowarts
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986GA163001
  • User Pedon ID: 86GA163001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1986GA163001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0818
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59112
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 32.7775002
  • Std. Longitude: -82.4355545
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Jefferson County, S of Wadley turn SW on paved County rd .6 mile S of Williamson swamp creek off US hwy 1; S 5.4 mile to unpaved road; NW 500 feet; 30 feet SW of road in slash pine plantation.
  • State: Georgia
  • County: GA163—Jefferson
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. L. Wilkes, H. L. Paulk and H. F. Perkins
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cowarts
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, kaolinitic Typic Kanhapludults
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - 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

    PIEL

    Pinus elliottii

    slash pine

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—25

    25—56

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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

    2

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    108

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    315

    113

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    17

    26

    8

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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Matted pine straw.
    Ap—3 to 28 centimeters (1.2 to 11.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior loamy coarse sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 2.5 medium roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P04937. common medium roots throughout
    Bt1—28 to 44 centimeters (11.0 to 17.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior sandy clay loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P04938. few fine roots throughout; few fine prominent 5YR56 mottles
    Bt2—44 to 59 centimeters (17.3 to 23.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior sandy clay loam; 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P04939. few fine roots throughout; many medium prominent 5YR56 mottles
    C—59 to 85 centimeters (23.2 to 33.5 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior coarse sandy loam; 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; extremely firm*; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter igneous, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P04940. few fine roots in cracks; many medium prominent 5YR56 mottles
    2C—85 to 186 centimeters (33.5 to 73.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and light gray (10YR 7/1) and red (2.5YR 4/8) sandy clay loam; extremely firm*; fragments. Lab sample # 86P04941