IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Troup
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990SC009001
  • User Pedon ID: S1990SC009001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Clemson
  • Lab Pedon # - S90SC009-8
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82753
  • 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: 33.2370000
  • Std. Longitude: -81.1820000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: TUD taken from Bamberg county SC; Troup sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes; about 6.0 miles south of Denmark on U.S. Highway 321, about 0.75 mile west of the junction of U.S. Highway 321 and S.C. Highway 232, about 0.5 mile south of S.C. Highway 232 on a county road, 20 feet west of the road;
  • Map Unit: TpB—Troup sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes, Southern Coastal Plain
  • State: South Carolina
  • County: SC009—Bamberg
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-LAU—Laurens, South Carolina
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SC009—Bamberg County, South Carolina
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 33081-B2—Olar, South Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dr. Lee Norfleet
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Grossarenic Kandiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Troup
  • Classificaton Date - 6/10/2015
  • Classifier - Lance Brewington
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Troup
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: marine deposits
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: marine terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/10/2015 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: Dr. Lee Norfleet
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    kandic horizon

    0—132

    132—203

    145—203

    —132—

    —71—

    —58—
    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

    4

    —

    —

    78

    —

    1360

    —

    255

    18

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sand; structureless single grain; loose; few medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL0944; moist when described;
    E1—13 to 86 centimeters (5.1 to 33.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) sand; structureless single grain; loose; few medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout and few coarse roots throughout; few fine dendritic tubular pores; ; ; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL0945; moist when described;
    E2—86 to 132 centimeters (33.9 to 52.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) sand; structureless single grain; loose; few fine roots throughout; few fine dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; ; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL0946; moist when described;
    BE—132 to 145 centimeters (52.0 to 57.1 inches); 90 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 10 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; few fine roots throughout; few fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL0947; moist when described;
    Bt1—145 to 168 centimeters (57.1 to 66.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots throughout; few fine dendritic tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # CL0948; moist when described;
    Bt2—168 to 203 centimeters (66.1 to 79.9 inches); 51 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) and 49 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots throughout; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint plinthite nodules; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # CL0949; moist when described;