LOCATION DASHER                  GA+FL SC

Established Series
Rev. CAL/JNJ/JGT
10/2021

DASHER SERIES

MLRA(s):133A- Southern Coastal Plain, 153A-Atlantic Coast Flatwoods, 153B-Tidewater Area
Depth Class: Very deep
Drainage Class (Agricultural): Very poorly drained
Internal Free Water Occurrence: Very shallow, persistent, ponded for at least 10 months each year
Index Surface Runoff: Negligible
Permeability: Moderately rapid
Landscape: Lower to upper coastal plain
Landform: Marshes, swamps
Parent Material: Organic material, hydrophytic plants
Slope: 0 to less than 1 percent
Elevation (type location): 37 meters (121 feet)
Free Period (type location): 260 days
Mean Annual Air Temperature (type location): 19.9 degrees C. (67.8 degrees F.)
Mean Annual Precipitation (type location): 1276 millimeters (50.2 inches)

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Dysic, thermic Typic Haplohemists
TYPICAL PEDON: Dasher woody mucky peat (in an area of Dasher-Dorovan-Croatan association, ponded, 0 to 1 percent slopes), in level 0 percent slope, in swamp land. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)

Oe--0 to 50 inches (0 to 127 centimeters); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) woody mucky peat; about 45 percent unrubbed fiber, 25 percent rubbed fiber; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky; low excavation difficulty; many fine and medium roots throughout; extremely acid, pH 4.4, pH meter; 20 percent wood fragments; gradual smooth boundary.

Oa1--50 to 75 inches (127 to 191 centimeters); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) muck; about 22 percent unrubbed fiber, 12 percent rubbed fiber; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky; low excavation difficulty; many fine roots throughout; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter; diffuse wavy boundary.

Oa2--75 to 85 inches (191 to 216 centimeters); 90 percent very dark gray (5YR 3/1) and 10 percent black (N 2/), muck; about 22 percent unrubbed fiber, 12 percent rubbed fiber; weak fine granular structure; very friable, nonsticky; low excavation difficulty; common fine roots throughout; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter; 10 percent fine charcoal fragments.

TYPE LOCATION: Charlton County, Georgia; 1.4 miles from the junction of U.S. Hwy 1 and
Kingfisher Landing Road along Kingfisher Landing Road; from Kingfisher boat ramp head approximately 1 mile West and North West along Kingfisher Landing Canal until boat trail forks, follow north fork for approximately 0.8 mile, then follow east fork for 1000 feet. Site is 250 feet due east of boat canal; USGS Double Lakes, Georgia topographic quadrangle; lat. 30 degrees 57 minutes 59.20 seconds N. and long. 82 degrees 9 minutes 11.20 seconds W., NAD 83.

RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 60 inches (152 centimeters)
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: +12 to 12 inches (+30 to 30 centimeters) , January to December
Soil Reaction: It is Dysic, extremely acid or very strongly acid, and less than 4.5 in 0.01M CaCL2 or less than approximately 5.1 to 5.24 in soil-water.
Thickness of organic material: 51 to more than 75 inches (129 cm to more than 191 cm)
Fragments: Wood fragments range from 0 to 20 percent throughout in all horizons; charcoal fragments range from 0 to 10 percent throughout in all horizons.

Oe horizon(s):
Color--hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 2 or 3, and chroma of 1 to 3, or is neutral with value of 2 to 3
Fiber content--About 35 to 50 percent unrubbed, and 17 to 40 percent rubbed
Mineral content--0 to 5 percent
Texture--mucky peat

Oa horizon(s) (where present):
Color--hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 2 or 3, and chroma of 1 to 3, or is neutral with value of 2 or 3
Fiber content--About 20 to 35 percent unrubbed, and 10 to less than 17 percent rubbed
Mineral content--0 to 5 percent
Texture--muck

Cg horizon(s) (where present):
Color--hue of 10YR to 5Y, value of 7 or 8, and chroma of 1 or 2 or is neutral with value of 2 to 3
Texture--sand or fine sand

COMPETING SERIES:
Deweyville soils--contain more than 20 percent mineral material in the Oe horizons
Soils in similar families include:
Brighton soils--are hyperthermic
Dare soils--are dominated by sapric materials within the control section
Dorovan soils--are dominated by sapric materials within the control section
Everglades soils--are hyperthermic and are Euic in one or more horizons within the control section
Istokpoga soils--are hyperthermic (inactive series)
Kingsland soils--are Euic in one or more horizons within the control section
Montverde soils--are hyperthermic and are Euic in one or more horizons and dominated by fibric materials within the control section
Okeechobee soils--are hyperthermic and are Euic in one or more horizons and dominated by sapric materials within the control section
Pungo soils--are dominated by sapric materials within the control section
Terra Ceia soils--are hyperthermic and are Euic in one or more horizons and dominated by sapric materials within the control section

GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Coastal plain
Landform: Marshes, swamps, poorly defined drainageways
Geomorphic Component: Tread
Parent Material: Organic material, mostly fibrous hydrophytic plants
Elevation: 50 to 400 feet (15 to 122 meters)
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 57 to 70 degrees F (14.0 to 21.0 degrees C)
Mean Annual Precipitation: 38 to 55 inches (970 to 1400 millimeters)
Frost Free Period: 190 to 275 days

GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Croatan soils-are sapric with organic layers less than 51 inches
Pamlico soils-have sandy mineral horizons under the organic horizons
Surrency soils-are mineral soils with argillic horizons

DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY:
Drainage Class (Agricultural): Very poorly drained
Internal Free Water Occurrence: Very shallow, persistent, ponded for at least 10 months each year
Index Surface Runoff: Negligible
Permeability: Moderately rapid

USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: water storage and wildlife habitat. A very small percentage of these soils have a water control system and are used for improved pasture.
Dominant Vegetation: pond pines, southern bald cypress, water tupelo, swamp tupelo and sweetbay magnolia trees with a ground cover of sphagnum moss, water lily, golden club, yellow eyed grass, pitcher plants, sawgrass, iris, bull-tongue, arrowhead, greenbrier, ferns and other aquatic plants

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: Georgia and northern portions of Florida, possibly North Carolina and South Carolina
Extent: Moderate

SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (SSRO) RESPONSIBLE: Raleigh, North Carolina

SERIES ESTABLISHED: Lowndes County, Georgia; 1975

REMARKS: The organic matter in the Dasher series consists of moderately decomposed organic matter to depths ranging to a depth of 191 cm or more. The 2017 version moved the type location to another site in Charlton County and the Okefenokee Swamp to better reflect the central concept of the series as well as keeping the OSD location within the Soil Survey Region where it is predominantly mapped.


Diagnostic features recognized in this Pedon are:
Hemic--dominantly composed of hemic materials in the surface, subsurface and bottom tiers.
Aquic conditions--periodic ponding to saturation and reduction in a zone from the soil surface to 203 centimeters (about 80 inches)
Dysic--pH in the surface, subsurface and bottom tiers to a depth of 130 to 160 cm, depending on whether fibers are derived from sphagnum moss or not, is 4.5 in 0.01M CaCL2

ADDITIONAL DATA:

NASIS User Pedon ID: 2008GA049003

TABULAR SERIES DATA:

SOI-5 Soil Name Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation
GA0040 DASHER 0- 1 59- 70 190-275 38- 55 50- 400 

SOI-5 FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock Hardness
GA0040 NONE - APPARENT - 60-60 

SOI-5 Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC-
GA0040 0- 50 MPT 0- 0 - 0- 0 - 
GA0040 0- 50 MUCK 0- 0 - 0- 0 - 
GA0040 50-85 MPT 0- 0 - 0- 0 - 

SOI-5 Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll
GA0040 0- 8 3.6- 4.4 40-99 0- 0 2.0- 6.0 LOW 
GA0040 0- 8 3.6- 4.4 40-99 - 0.6- 6.0 LOW 
GA0040 8-75 3.6- 4.4 40-99 - 2.0- 6.0 LOW

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National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.