IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cecil
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2009SC083005
  • User Pedon ID: S2009SC083005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0848
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24502
  • Print Date: 4/25/2024

    • 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: 35.0791664
  • Std. Longitude: -82.0522232
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: CeB2—Cecil sandy clay loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, moderately eroded
  • State: South Carolina
  • County: SC083—Spartanburg
  • MLRA: 136—Southern Piedmont
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-LAU—Laurens, South Carolina
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SC083—Spartanburg County, South Carolina
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 35082-A1—Inman, South Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Emory Holsonback
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kanhapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cecil
  • Classificaton Date - 3/13/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cecil
  • Classificaton Date - 4/17/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/17/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: D3
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • 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

    0—15

    15—165

    28—165

    —15—

    —150—

    —137—
    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

    5

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    —

    273.7

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    205

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N02960; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    BA—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 09N02961; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Bt1—28 to 107 centimeters (11.0 to 42.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 55 percent prominent ; 4 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N02962; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 450497; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 450497
    Bt2—107 to 140 centimeters (42.1 to 55.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 55 percent prominent ; 18 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 09N02963; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 450498; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 450498
    Bt3—140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay loam; 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent distinct ; 45 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 09N02964; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 450499; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 450499