IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): NORFOLK
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956GA277006
  • User Pedon ID: S1956GA277006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5150
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41839
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 31.4732533
  • Std. Longitude: -83.4801712
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2-1/2 miles N. E. Tifton, Ga., on unpaved county road, turn right and go south 1/2 mile to Moore Farm. Site located in cultivated field 150 yards west of county road.
  • State: Georgia
  • County: GA277—Tift
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: GA277—Tift County, Georgia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Alexander, Cady, Pedersen, Stevens, Stone, and Calhoun
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - NORFOLK
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1956 (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
    • 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
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    AP—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; loose; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A38781
    B1—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; loose; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A38782
    B21—46 to 74 centimeters (18.1 to 29.1 inches); yellow (2.5Y 8/6) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A38783
    B22—74 to 107 centimeters (29.1 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sandy loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A38784
    B3—107 to 132 centimeters (42.1 to 52.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) sandy loam; 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A38785
    C1—132 to 160 centimeters (52.0 to 63.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) sandy loam; 3 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) medium prominent and 3 percent red (10R 4/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A38786
    C2—160 to 160 centimeters (63.0 to 63.0 inches); white (10YR 8/1) sandy loam; 21 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) medium distinct and 21 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) medium distinct mottles; massive; firm; fragments. Lab sample # 40A38787