IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cataula
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2009SC045001
  • User Pedon ID: S2009SC045001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N1023
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24949
  • 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: 34.6552124
  • Std. Longitude: -82.2559967
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Typical pedon of Cataula sandy clay loam, 2-6% slopes, moderately eroded; Greenville County, South Carolina; about 5.0 miles south of Simpsonville, South Carolina, from the junction of State Highway 418 and secondary road 154 (Tall Pines Rd.), east northeast on secondary road 154 for approximately 465 feet, 180 degrees south for 65 feet; USGS topographic quadrangle Simpsonville, SC (1983); UTM ZONE 17 384906E and 3835526N. (lat.34 degrees 39 minutes 18.8 seconds N. and long. 82 degrees 15 minutes 21.6 seconds W.)
  • Map Unit: CdB2—Cataula sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, moderately eroded
  • State: South Carolina
  • County: SC045—Greenville
  • MLRA: 136—Southern Piedmont
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-LAU—Laurens, South Carolina
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SC045—Greenville County, South Carolina
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 34082-F3—Simpsonville, South Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Lance Brewington
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Oxyaquic Kanhapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cataula
  • Classificaton Date - 6/16/2014
  • Classifier - Lance Brewington
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from gneiss and/or residuum weathered from granite
  • Landscape: southern piedmont
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/21/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    aquic conditions

    0—8

    18—155

    18—155

    69—155

    —8—

    —147—

    —117—

    —63—
    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

    3

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    246

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 medium and coarse roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N03931; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    BE—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 fine and medium roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N03932; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Bt1—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 fine and medium roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots throughout; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N03933; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. continuous - phpvsfiid 466890; continuous - phpvsfiid 466890
    Bt2—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots between peds and 2.0 fine roots between peds; 30 percent prominent clay films on top faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N03934, 09N03938; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. continuous - phpvsfiid 466891; continuous - phpvsfiid 466891
    Btx1—69 to 102 centimeters (27.2 to 40.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay loam; moderate medium platy structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots between peds; 25 percent prominent clay films on top faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, iron depletions and 25 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N03935; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. continuous - phpvsfiid 466892; continuous - phpvsfiid 466892
    Btx2—102 to 155 centimeters (40.2 to 61.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay loam; weak medium platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 fine roots between peds; 15 percent distinct clay films on top faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, iron depletions and 25 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 09N03936, 09N03937; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. patchy - phpvsfiid 466893; patchy - phpvsfiid 466893