IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Osier
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988SC005720
  • User Pedon ID: S1988SC005720
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Clemson
  • Lab Pedon # - S86SC005-8
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82682
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024
  • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Osier loamy sand is located in an area of Osier-Pickney complex, frequently flooded, in the Jennys community. From the intersection of South Carolina Highway 641 and U.S. Highway 321, travel east on South Carolina Highway 641 for 7.3 miles. Site is 150 feet south of the highway.
  • State: South Carolina
  • County: SC005—Allendale
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-LAU—Laurens, South Carolina
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SC005—Allendale County, South Carolina
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert T. Eppinette, C.J. Mitchell,R.K. Fowler, and J.R.Brown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Siliceous, thermic Typic Psammaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.2
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/23/2016 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A1

    A2

    Cg1

    Cg2

    Cg3

    Cg4

    0

    8

    41

    69

    89

    127

    8

    41

    69

    89

    127

    203

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    A1

    A2

    Cg1

    Cg2

    Cg3

    Cg4

    0

    8

    41

    69

    89

    127

    8

    41

    69

    89

    127

    203

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    A1

    A2

    Cg1

    Cg2

    Cg3

    Cg4

    0

    8

    41

    69

    89

    127

    8

    41

    69

    89

    127

    203

    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

    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; common medium roots and many fine roots and coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0031. many clean sand grains
    A2—8 to 41 centimeters (3.1 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loamy sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; common medium roots and many fine roots and coarse roots; 20 percent medium faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0032. many clean sand grains
    Cg1—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; few medium roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0033
    Cg2—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0034
    Cg3—89 to 127 centimeters (35.0 to 50.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) coarse sand; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium faint mottles; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0035
    Cg4—127 to 203 centimeters (50.0 to 79.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # CL0036