IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cecil
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2019SC091001
  • User Pedon ID: S2019SC091001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - kssl
  • Lab Pedon # - 20N0147
  • Print Date: 2/18/2026

    • 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: 34.8827778
  • Std. Longitude: -81.2997222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Point is located in a small open area that is often used as a food plot and when not is left fallow between usage.
  • Map Unit: CeB2—Cecil sandy clay loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, moderately eroded
  • State: South Carolina
  • County: SC091—York
  • MLRA: 136—Southern Piedmont
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-LAU—Laurens, South Carolina
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SC091—York County, South Carolina
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 34081-H3—Sharon, South Carolina

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MLB/DMT/HEH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kanhapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, brief description
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cecil
  • Classificaton Date - 2/24/2022
  • Classifier - mlb/dmt
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cecil
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kanhapludults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/27/2019
  • Classifier - MLB/DMT/HEH
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: metamorphic rocks
  • Landscape: southern piedmont
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/27/2019 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: MLB/DMT/HEH
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    0

    10

    —

    MLB DMT

    39.4

    —

    19.4

    16.4

    3

    41.2

    —

    2.1

    4.8

    12.8

    13.7

    7.8

    —

    cl

    —

    —

    5.4
    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ap

    0

    10

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    6.1

    —
    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap

    0

    10

    —

    3.7

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    kandic horizon

    0—10

    10—203

    10—203

    —10—

    —193—

    —193—
    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

    4.5

    —

    —

    168

    —

    1180

    —

    230

    16

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    3065

    Catawba

    TSCAN
    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay loam; 43 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; a-6 AASHTO classification; cl unified classification; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH indicator solutions; clear boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—10 to 119 centimeters (3.9 to 46.9 inches); red (10R 4/6) clay; 47 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; a-7 AASHTO classification; ch unified classification; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH indicator solutions; gradual boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—119 to 149 centimeters (46.9 to 58.7 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; 43 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 12 percent medium prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; a-7 AASHTO classification; ch unified classification; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH indicator solutions; gradual boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BCt—149 to 203 centimeters (58.7 to 79.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay loam; 33 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 12 percent fine prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent fine prominent mica flakes, unspecified in matrix; fragments; a-6 AASHTO classification; cl unified classification; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH indicator solutions.; moist when described; observed in pit, small