LOCATION PELION SC+GA NCEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Fragiaquic Kanhapludults
TYPICAL PEDON: Pelion loamy sand-forested. (Colors are for moist soil, unless otherwise indicated.)
A--0 to 5 inches; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loamy sand, light brownish gray (10YR6/2) dry; weak fine granular structure; very friable; many fine roots; moderately acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (2 to 12 inches thick)
E--5 to 10 inches; pale brown (10YR 6/3) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; common fine roots; 1 percent rounded gravel; moderately acid; gradual smooth boundary. (3 to 12 inches thick)
Bt--10 to 22 inches; reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few fine roots; many clay bridging between sand grains; 4 percent, by volume rounded quartz gravel; 2 percent dark-colored concretions; few medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and few fine prominent yellow (10YR 7/8) masses of oxidized iron and light gray (10YR 7/1) iron depletions; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary. (5 to 20 inches thick)
Btx--22 to 39 inches; yellow (10YR 7/6) sandy clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, 50 percent brittle; few very fine pores; few faint clay films on faces of some peds; common fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and few fine prominent light gray (10YR 7/1) iron depletions; strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary. (6 to 24 inches thick)
BC--39 to 65 inches; yellow (10YR 7/6) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine pores; many coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and few medium prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3) and light gray (10YR 7/1) iron depletions; few medium and coarse flakes of mica; strongly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Lexington County, South Carolina; about 13 miles south of Lexington; 20 feet west of South Carolina Secondary Highway S-32-278; 4.5 miles north of U.S. Highway 178.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to bedrock: Greater than 80 inches
Thickness of the sandy surface and subsurface layers: 2 to 19 inches
Depth to top of the argillic horizon: 2 to 19 inches
Depth to the base of the argillic horizon: 40 to more than 60 inches
Depth to top of the kandic horizon: 2 to 19 inches
Depth to seasonal high water table: 12 to 30 inches, November to April
Depth to lithologic discontinuity (contrasting sand sizes): 40 to 60 inches or more
Depth to fragic soil properties: 15 to 40 inches or more
Fragic soil properties content: 30 to 60 percent, by volume in the Btx horizon
Rock fragment content: 0 to 5 percent, by volume; mostly quartz pebbles.
Soil reaction: Extremely acid to strongly acid throughout, except where limed
Mica content: 1 to 20 percent, by volume in the lower B horizon and the C horizon
Other Soil Features: Some pedons have pockets or strata of white or gray kaolin clay in the B and C horizon.
RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
A horizon or Ap horizon (where present):
Color--hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 1 to 3, or is neutral with value of 3 to 5
Texture--coarse sand, sand, fine sand, loamy coarse sand, loamy sand, loamy fine sand, coarse sandy loam, sandy loam, or fine sandy loam
E horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 3 to 7, chroma of 1 to 4, or is neutral with value of 3 to 7
Texture--coarse sand, sand, fine sand, loamy coarse sand, loamy sand, loamy fine sand, coarse sandy loam, sandy loam, or fine sandy loam
Bt horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 5 to 8, chroma of 4 to 8
Texture--sandy loam, sandy clay loam, or clay loam in the upper part and includes sandy clay or clay in the lower part
Redoximorphic features (where present)--masses of oxidized iron in shades of red, yellow, or brown and iron depletions in shades of brown, yellow, olive, or gray. Iron depletions in shades of gray are commonly within the upper 10 inches.
Btx horizon:
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 5 to 8, chroma of 3 to 8
Texture--sandy loam, sandy clay loam, or clay loam
Redoximorphic features (where present)--masses of oxidized iron in shades of red, yellow, or brown and iron depletions in shades of brown, yellow, olive, or gray
Btgx horizon (where present):
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 8, chroma of 1 or 2, or is neutral with value of 4 to 8
Texture--sandy loam, sandy clay loam, clay loam, or sandy clay
Redoximorphic features--masses of oxidized iron in shades of red, yellow, or brown and iron depletions in shades of brown, yellow, olive, or gray
Btg horizon (where present):
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 8, chroma of 1 or 2, or is neutral with value of 4 to 8
Texture--sandy loam, sandy clay loam, or clay loam in the upper part and includes sandy clay or clay in the lower part
Redoximorphic features (where present)--masses of oxidized iron in shades of red, yellow, or brown and iron depletions in shades of brown, yellow, olive, white, or gray
BC horizon, BCt or CB horizon (where present):
Color--hue of 2.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 8, and chroma of 3 to 8.
Texture--sandy loam or sandy clay loam. Some pedons have strata of finer textured material.
Redoximorphic features (where present)--masses of oxidized iron in shades of red, yellow, or brown and iron depletions in shades of brown, yellow, olive, white, or gray
BCg or CBg horizon (where present);
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 8, chroma of 1 or 2, or is neutral with value of 4 to 8
Texture--sandy loam or sandy clay loam. Some pedons have strata of finer textured material.
Redoximorphic features (where present)--masses of oxidized iron in shades of red, yellow, or brown and iron depletions in shades of brown, yellow, olive, white, or gray
C horizon:
Color--hue of 2.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 8, chroma of 3 to 8
Texture--sandy loam, sandy clay loam, clay loam, sandy clay, or clay. Many pedons have pockets or strata of sand.
Redoximorphic features (where present)--masses of oxidized iron in shades of red, yellow, or brown and iron depletions in shades of brown, yellow, olive, white, or gray
Cg horizon (where present):
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 8, chroma of 1 or 2, or is neutral with value of 4 to 8
Texture--sandy loam, sandy clay loam, clay loam, sandy clay, or clay. Many pedons have pockets or strata of sand.
Redoximorphic features (where present)--masses of oxidized iron in shades of red, yellow, or brown and iron depletions in shades of brown, yellow, olive, white, or gray
2C horizon (where present):
Color--hue of 2.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 8, and chroma of 3 to 8
Texture--coarse sand, sand, fine sand, loamy coarse sand, loamy sand, or loamy fine sand. Many pedons have pockets or strata of finer textured material.
Redoximorphic features (where present)--masses of oxidized iron in shades of red, yellow, or brown and iron depletions in shades of brown, yellow, olive, white, or gray
2Cg horizon (where present):
Color--hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 8, chroma of 1 or 2, or is neutral with value of 4 to 8
Texture--coarse sand, sand, fine sand, loamy coarse sand, loamy sand, or loamy fine sand. Many pedons have pockets or strata of finer textured material.
Redoximorphic features (where present)--masses of oxidized iron in shades of red, yellow, or brown and iron depletions in shades of brown, yellow, olive, white, or gray
COMPETING SERIES: None
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Middle and upper coastal plain, sand hills
Landform: Marine terraces, uplands
Geomorphic Component: Interfluve, side slope
Hillslope Profile Position: Summit, shoulder, backslope
Parent Material: Marine deposits, fluviomarine deposits, sand sheets
Slope: 0 to 15 percent
Elevation (type location): 100 to 750 feet
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 57 to 70 degrees
Mean Annual Precipitation: 35 to 55 inches
Frost Free Period: 190 to 245 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Ailey soils--have a sandy epipedon more than 20 inches thick
Barnwell soils--have a seasonal high waster table at a depth of greater than 40 inches and lack fragic soil properties
Blaney soils--have a sandy epipedon more than 20 inches thick
Blanton soils--soils have a sandy epipedon more than 40 inches thick
Cowarts soils--are better drained and lack fragic soil properties
Dothan soils--have more than 5 percent plinthite in some subhorizon
Fuquay soils--have a sandy epipedon more than 20 inches thick
Gilead soils--have a clayey particle-size control section
Lakeland soils--have a sandy particle-size control section
Vaucluse soils--do not have redoximorphic features of chroma 2 or less in the series control section
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY:
Drainage Class (Agricultural): Moderately well drained
Internal Free Water Occurrence: Moderately deep, transitory to common
Flooding Frequency and Duration: None
Ponding Frequency and Duration: None
Index Surface Runoff: Negligible to very high
Permeability: Moderately slow or slow (Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity: Moderately high to moderately low)
Shrink-Swell Potential: Low
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: Forest, cropland
Dominant Vegetation: Where cultivated--cotton, corn, soybeans, pasture, and hay. Where wooded--pine and hardwood, reforested areas are in loblolly and slash pines.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina
Extent: Moderate
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Raleigh, North Carolina
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Lexington County, South Carolina, 1972.
REMARKS: Pelion soils have a Btx horizon that is 6 inches or more thick and has pedogenic firmness and brittleness and restricts roots into the matrix when soil moisture is at or near field capacity. Diagnostic horizons and soil characteristics recognized in this pedon:
Ochric epipedon--the zone from the surface of the soil to 10 inches (A and E horizons)
Albic horizon--the zone from 5 to 10 inches (E horizon).
Argillic horizon-the zone from 10 to 39 inches (Bt1 and Bt2 horizons)
Fragic soil properties--the zone from 22 to 39 inches (Btx horizon)
ADDITIONAL DATA:
TABULAR SERIES DATA:
SOI-5 Soil Name Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation SC0066 PELION 0-15 57-70 190-245 35-55 100-750SOI-5 FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock Hardness SC0066 NONE 1.0-2.5 PERCHED NOV-APR >80 -
SOI-5 Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC- SC0066 0-10 SL 0-0 90-100 5-15 2-5 SC0066 0-10 COS S LS 0-0 95-100 2-10 1-5 SC0066 10-22 SCL CL 0-0 92-100 18-35 1-4 SC0066 22-39 SCL SC C 0-0 92-100 18-50 1-4 SC0066 39-65 SCL SL 0-0 92-100 10-40 1-3
SOI-5 Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll SC0066 0-10 3.5-5.5 0.5-2.0 0-0 2.0-6.0 LOW SC0066 0-10 3.5-5.5 0.5-2.0 0-0 6.0-20 LOW SC0066 10-22 3.5-5.5 0.0-0.5 0-0 0.6-2.0 LOW SC0066 22-39 3.5-5.5 0.0-0.5 0-0 0.06-0.6 LOW SC0066 39-65 3.5-5.5 0.0-0.5 0-0 0.6-2.0 LOW