IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Davidson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980GA293001
  • User Pedon ID: S1980GA293001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0419
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48195
  • Print Date: 5/2/2024

    • 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: 32.9365501
  • Std. Longitude: -84.2560272
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Upson County, 6.7 km N of Thomaston on Hwy 36 7 km N of dirt rd 1 km E side of rd 11 meters into mixed hardwoods.
  • Map Unit: DgB—Davidson loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes
  • State: Georgia
  • County: GA293—Upson
  • MLRA: 136—Southern Piedmont
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-GRI—Griffin, Georgia
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: GA642—Lamar, Pike, and Upson Counties, Georgia
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 32084-H3—Thomaston, Georgia

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W L
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Rhodic Kandiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Davidson
  • PSC - 32 to 82 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/20/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Davidson
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, kaolinitic, thermic Rhodic Paleudult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1980
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Dark rocks high in FeMn minerals
  • Landscape: piedmont
  • Landform: broad ridge
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    kandic horizon

    0—32

    32—150

    32—150

    —32—

    —118—

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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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    235

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P02260. Worm cast evident.; many fine roots throughout
    AB—20 to 32 centimeters (7.9 to 12.6 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P02261. Worm cast evident.; many fine roots throughout
    Bt1—32 to 55 centimeters (12.6 to 21.7 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; , moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P02262. common fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 1136955; patchy - phpvsfiid 1136955
    Bt2—55 to 100 centimeters (21.7 to 39.4 inches); dark red (10R 3/6) interior clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; , moist, clay films on faces of peds and , moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P02263. few fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 1136956; continuous - phpvsfiid 1136956
    Bt3—100 to 150 centimeters (39.4 to 59.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P02264
    BC—150 to 187 centimeters (59.1 to 73.6 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; , moist, clay films between sand grains; 1 percent mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 80P02265. few mica flakes concentrations