IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Johnston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993SC017014
  • User Pedon ID: S1993SC017014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Clemson
  • Lab Pedon # - S89SC017-15
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82731
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 33.5688868
  • Std. Longitude: -80.6679973
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: TUD taken from Calhoun County SC; Typical pedon of Johnston fine sandy loam, frequently flooded; about 1.8 miles southwest of Creston on S.C. Highway 33, about 1.4 miles southeast on S-9-27, about 60 feet west of the road.
  • Map Unit: Jo—Johnston fine sandy loam, frequently flooded
  • 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-E6—Cameron, South Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dennis J. DeFrancesco
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, active, acid, thermic Cumulic Humaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Johnston
  • Classificaton Date - 8/3/2015
  • Classifier - Jonathan Doss
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Johnston
  • 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: flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/3/2015 (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

    umbric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    0—86

    86—165

    —86—

    —79—
    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

    1

    —

    —

    49

    —

    1360

    —

    255

    18

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loamy sand; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many medium roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0590; moist when described;
    A2—15 to 86 centimeters (5.9 to 33.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) fine sandy loam; structureless massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many medium roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0591; moist when described;
    Cg1—86 to 140 centimeters (33.9 to 55.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loamy fine sand; 10 percent grayish olive (10Y 5/2) medium distinct mottles; structureless single grain; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many medium roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # CL0592; moist when described;
    Cg2—140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) sand; structureless single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # CL0593; moist when described;