IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dothan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993SC017002
  • User Pedon ID: S1993SC017002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Clemson
  • Lab Pedon # - S89SC017-20
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82735
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 33.4749400
  • Std. Longitude: -80.6547400
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: TUD taken from Calhoun county. Typical pedon of Dothan loamy sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes; about 14 miles southeast of St. Matthews, 1.7 miles south on U.S. 601 from S.C. Highway 6 in St. Matthews, 12.8 miles southeast on U.S. Highway 176, about 0.75 mile southwest of the southernmost intersection of S-9-176 and onto a field road, about 700 feet southeast of the field road
  • Map Unit: DoB—Dothan loamy sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes
  • State: South Carolina
  • County: SC017—Calhoun
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-LAU—Laurens, South Carolina
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SC017—Calhoun County, South Carolina
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 33080-D6—Indian Camp Branch, South Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dennis J. DeFrancesco
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Plinthic Kandiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dothan
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/8/2016
  • Classifier - Gary Hankins
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dothan
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1989
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: marine deposits
  • Landscape: sandhills
  • Landform: marine terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/4/2015 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: Dennis DeFrancesco
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    plinthite

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    102 - 158

    - 56 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    kandic horizon

    argillic horizon

    plinthite

    0—33

    33—158

    33—158

    102—158

    —33—

    —125—

    —125—

    —56—
    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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    49

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0640; moist when described;
    E—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0641; moist when described;
    Bt1—33 to 74 centimeters (13.0 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0642; moist when described;
    Bt2—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2 percent plinthite nodules and 5 percent medium distinct masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0643; moist when described;
    Btv1—102 to 125 centimeters (40.2 to 49.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) sandy clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5 percent plinthite nodules and 10 percent medium distinct iron depletions and 22 percent medium prominent masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0644; moist when described;
    Btv2—125 to 158 centimeters (49.2 to 62.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sandy clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; and 8 percent plinthite nodules and 10 percent coarse distinct iron depletions and 22 percent medium prominent masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # CL0645; moist when described;