IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Salacoa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001GA129001
  • User Pedon ID: S2001GA129001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0847
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14603
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 34.4201736
  • Std. Longitude: -84.7901688
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Gordon County, Georgia; 1/4 mile northeast of Rogersville High School and 30 feet south of U.S. 11 west by-pass. From Fairmount, 4.5 miles west Highway 53; South on Yarborough Mill Road .7 mile; South on Self Lake Road .5 mile; Site is located on east bank of road.
  • State: Georgia
  • County: GA129—Gordon
  • MLRA: 128—Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • Regional Office: 6—Morgantown, WV
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: GA129—Gordon County, Georgia

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Salacoa
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Typic Hapludults
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/21/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from sandstone and siltstone and/or colluvium derived from shale
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/21/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) parachannery channery silt loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 30 percent by volume 2-?-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N04571
    BA—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) parachannery channery silty clay loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) coarse faint mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent by volume 2-?-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N04572
    Bt1—30 to 61 centimeters (11.8 to 24.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) parachannery channery silty clay loam; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) medium prominent and 3 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent by volume 2-?-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N04573
    Bt2—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) very channery parachannery silty clay loam; 3 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium prominent and 3 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 75 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 35 percent by volume 2-?-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N04574
    Bt3—84 to 114 centimeters (33.1 to 44.9 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8) very channery parachannery silty clay loam; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) medium prominent and 3 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 75 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 50 percent by volume 2-?-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N04575
    Bt4—114 to 155 centimeters (44.9 to 61.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) very channery parachannery silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct and 3 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium prominent and 3 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 75 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds and 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent by volume 2-?-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N04576
    BC—155 to 183 centimeters (61.0 to 72.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) very channery parachannery silty clay loam; 3 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium platy structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 40 percent by volume 2-?-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 01N04577