IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cowarts
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986GA321001
  • User Pedon ID: 86GA321001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1986GA321001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0820
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59114
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 31.5002785
  • Std. Longitude: -83.8758316
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.5 mile W of Georgia HWY 112 and Worth County hospital on paved County road; .9 mile S on unpaved road; W 300 feet on road; 30 feet S of road in woods and 50 feet N of buried gas line.
  • State: Georgia
  • County: GA321—Worth
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. L. Wilkes, H. T. Stoner, and H. F. Perkins
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kanhapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • 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, thermic Typic Kanhapludults
  • PSC - 56 to 97 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: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle 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

    PIPA2

    Pinus elliottii

    Pinus palustris

    slash pine

    longleaf 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—40

    56—97

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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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    130

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    0

    118

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    19

    27

    10

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Matted pine straw and leaves.
    A—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior loamy coarse sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 medium roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine vesicular and tubular pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P04948. many fine roots throughout; many medium roots throughout
    E—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loamy coarse sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 medium roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine vesicular and tubular pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P04949. many fine roots throughout; many medium roots throughout
    BE—43 to 59 centimeters (16.9 to 23.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior coarse sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5.5 medium roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine vesicular and tubular pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P04950. many fine roots throughout; many medium roots throughout
    Bt1—59 to 85 centimeters (23.2 to 33.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 15 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P04951. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots throughout; common medium roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220972; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220972
    Bt2—85 to 100 centimeters (33.5 to 39.4 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior sandy clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots throughout; 0.5 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P04952. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few medium roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220973; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220973
    C1—100 to 148 centimeters (39.4 to 58.3 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) and yellow (10YR 7/8) and light gray (10YR 7/1) coarse sandy loam; extremely firm*; fragments; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # 86P04953. Few mica flakes.
    C2—148 to 186 centimeters (58.3 to 73.2 inches); weak red (10R 5/4) interior coarse sandy loam; extremely firm*; fragments. Lab sample # 86P04954. Few fine mica flakes.