IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fuquay
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993SC017010
  • User Pedon ID: S1993SC017010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Clemson
  • Lab Pedon # - S89SC017-22
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82737
  • 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: 33.4825796
  • Std. Longitude: -80.6579418
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: TUD taken from Calhoun County, SC; Typical pedon of Fuquay sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes; about 14 miles south of St. Matthews, 1.7 miles southwest on U.S. Highway 601 from S.C. Highway 6, about 12.8 miles southeast on U.S. Highway 176, about 0.6 mile southwest of the southernmost intersection of S-9-176, about 0.3 mile southwest on a field road, 120 feet northwest of the road.
  • Map Unit: FuB—Fuquay sand, 0 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: Loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Arenic Plinthic Kandiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fuquay
  • Classificaton Date - 7/30/2015
  • Classifier - Jonathan Doss
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fuquay
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1989
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/30/2015 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: Dennis J. DeFrancesco
  • 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

    plinthite

    0—58

    58—160

    58—160

    104—160

    —58—

    —102—

    —102—

    —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

    4

    —

    —

    47

    —

    1360

    —

    255

    18

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sand; weak fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0651; moist when described;
    E—18 to 58 centimeters (7.1 to 22.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0652; moist when described;
    Bt—58 to 105 centimeters (22.8 to 41.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; 10 percent red (10R 4/8) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent plinthite nodules; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH indicator solutions; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0653; moist when described;
    Btv1—105 to 135 centimeters (41.3 to 53.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; 25 percent red (10R 4/8) coarse prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 6 percent plinthite nodules; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0654; moist when described;
    Btv2—135 to 160 centimeters (53.1 to 63.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) sandy clay; 25 percent red (10R 4/8) coarse prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 8 percent plinthite nodules and 10 percent medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # CL0655; moist when described;