IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tatum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987SC065002
  • User Pedon ID: 87SC065002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1987SC065002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0655
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59950
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 33.8666649
  • Std. Longitude: -82.2188873
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: McCormick County, SC; S of Plum Branch from junction of Rd 202 & HIWAY 283 at Stevens Creek; .5 mi right on Rd 67;
  • State: South Carolina
  • County: SC065—McCormick
  • MLRA: 136—Southern Piedmont

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Herren, DeFrancesco and Stuckey
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tatum
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1987 (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

    PITA

    Pinus taeda

    loblolly 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—8

    8—81

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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

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    23

    25

    8

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    1A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior sandy loam; 1 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) medium faint mottles; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03424. Few (3%) small quartz gravel.; many fine and medium roots; few coarse roots; few medium faint 10YR73 mottles
    1Bt1—8 to 30 centimeters (3.1 to 11.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) interior clay; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 55 percent prominent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03425. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; many fine and medium roots; few coarse roots; few medium distinct 5YR58 mottles
    1Bt2—30 to 81 centimeters (11.8 to 31.9 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8) interior clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 55 percent prominent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03426. This horizon was sub sampled at depths of 30-56 cm 87P3426 and 56-81 cm 87P3427.; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine and medium roots
    1BC—81 to 119 centimeters (31.9 to 46.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) interior clay loam; 11 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03428. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common medium distinct 7.5YR78 mottles
    1C—119 to 157 centimeters (46.9 to 61.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior loam; 1 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) medium distinct and 11 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/8) medium distinct mottles; massive; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P03429. Few small pockets of Bt material.; few medium distinct 2.5YR36 mottles; common medium distinct 7.5YR78 mottles