IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): GALESTOWN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958GA191002
  • User Pedon ID: S1958GA191002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958GA191002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5134
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41823
  • 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: 31.4576969
  • Std. Longitude: -81.3859406
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 0.5 mile west of Meridian, Georgia, north of graded road to US Highway No. 17. Turn north at old cemetery and go 200 yards up woods road and 100 feet west of woods road. Trees blazed and pit staked. Approximately 2 miles due east of site No. 1.
  • State: Georgia
  • County: GA191—McIntosh
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: GA191—McIntosh County, Georgia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. T. Alexander, K. W. Flach, R. H. Jordan, D. G. Aydelott, D. D. Bacon, and E. M. Stone
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - GALESTOWN
  • Classificaton Date - 4/14/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: shoreline
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/14/1958 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: DSE-8L-52
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CARYA

    ILEX

    MOCE2

    MOCE2

    PIEL

    PIPA2

    QUERC

    SERE2

    TIUS

    Carya

    Ilex

    Morella cerifera

    Morella cerifera

    Pinus elliottii

    Pinus palustris

    Quercus

    Serenoa repens

    Tillandsia usneoides

    hybrid hickory

    holly

    wax myrtle

    wax myrtle

    slash pine

    longleaf pine

    oak

    saw palmetto

    Spanish moss

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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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    A1—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) fine sand; massive; nonsticky; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A38669
    A2—4 to 5 centimeters (1.6 to 2.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine sand; massive; loose; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A38670
    A3—5 to 25 centimeters (2.0 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; nonsticky; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A38671
    C1—25 to 69 centimeters (9.8 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sand; massive; nonsticky; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A38672
    C2—69 to 109 centimeters (27.2 to 42.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (10YR 5/3) fine sand; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint and 21 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) coarse faint mottles; massive; nonsticky; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A38673
    C3G—109 to 127 centimeters (42.9 to 50.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine sand; massive; nonsticky; fragments. Lab sample # 40A38674