LOCATION SAPELO GA+FLEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Sandy, siliceous, thermic Ultic Alaquods
TYPICAL PEDON: Sapelo fine sand - forest. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
A--0 to 4 inches; black (N 2/0) fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; many fine shrub roots; many clean sand grains giving a salt and pepper appearance; very strongly acid; clear smooth boundary. (3 to 8 inches thick)
E--4 to 17 inches; light gray (10YR 7/1) fine sand; few medium distinct vertical streaks of dark gray (10YR 4/1); single grained; loose; common fine roots; very strongly acid; abrupt wavy boundary. (2 to 22 inches thick)
Bh1--17 to 19 inches; very dark brown (10YR 2/2) fine sand; weak fine granular structure; weakly cemented; common fine roots; many sand grains coated with organic matter; few clean sand grains; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
Bh2--19 to 22 inches; brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sand; common medium prominent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) bodies of sand grains coated with organic matter; weak fine granular structure; weakly cemented; few fine roots; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
Bh3--22 to 25 inches; brown (10YR 4/3) fine sand; common medium faint dark brown (10YR 3/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) soft masses of iron accumulation; weak fine granular structure; friable with common weakly cemented bodies; few fine roots; many sand grains coated with organic matter; few clean sand grains; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bh horizons is 5 to 19 inches)
E'--25 to 49 inches; pale yellow (2.5Y 8/4) fine sand; common medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) soft masses of iron accumulation; common 10 to 50 mm weakly cemented pockets that are light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4); single grained; loose; common clean sand grains; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (20 to 31 inches thick)
Btg--49 to 84 inches; light gray (5Y 7/1) sandy clay loam; common, medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and a few fine prominent red (2.5YR 4/8) soft masses of iron accumulation; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; patchy clay films on faces of peds; very strongly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Camden County, Georgia; 1.5 miles west on U. S. Highway 17 from Dover Bluff Road and U. S. Highway 17 intersection at Spring Bluff; 200 feet north of U. S. Highway 17 and 550 feet north of church. (Waverly, GA. (1952) USGS Quadrangle, lat. 31 degrees, 06 minutes, 27 seconds N., and long. 81 degrees, 39 minutes, 11 seconds W.)
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to the top of the Spodic: 10 to 30 inches
Depth to the top of the Argillic: 40 to 70 inches
Depth to Bedrock: Greater than 60 inches
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 0 to 18 inches, November to April
Soil Reaction: extremely acid to strongly acid, except where limed
Other Features: silt plus clay in the 10 to 40 inch PSCS ranges from 5 to 15 percent
RANGE OF INDIVIDUAL HORIZONS:
A horizon:
Color--hue of 2 through 4, and chroma of 1; or it is neutral with value of 2 through 4.
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-- sand or fine sand
E horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 5 through 8, chroma of 1 or 2; or it is neutral with value of 5 through 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-- sand or fine sand
Other features-- typically has vertical streaks of dark gray
BE horizon (if it occurs):
Color--hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 5 to 7, and chroma of 3 to 6
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-- sand or fine sand
Other features-- fine to coarse pockets of Bh material range from none to common
Bh horizon:
Color--hue of 2.5YR, 5YR, 7.5YR or 10YR; value of 2 through 4; and chroma of 1 through 4
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-- loamy fine sand, fine sand, or sand
Mottlestypically in shades of brown
E horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR, 2.5Y, or 5Y; value of 5 through 8; and chroma of 1 through 4
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-- loamy fine sand, fine sand, or sand
Mottles -- typically reddish, brownish, or yellowish mottles are common to many
Other features -- fine to coarse weakly cemented Bh pockets range from none to common
E/Bh horizon (if it occurs):
properties as described for each horizon
Btg horizon:
Color--hue of 10YR, 2.5Y, or 5Y, value of 5 through 8, and chroma of 1 or 2
Texture (fine-earth fraction)-- sandy loam, fine sandy loam, loam, clay loam, or sandy clay loam with lenses and pockets of sand and clay in some pedons
Mottles -- typically reddish, brownish, yellowish, and grayish, few to many or reticulately mottled in the same colors
COMPETING SERIES:
Olustee soilsdo not have E horizons above the Bh and have Bt horizons within 40 inches of the surface
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Landscape: Coastal Plain
Landform: flats
Geomorphic Component: talfs, dips
Parent Material: marine sediments
Elevation: 14 to 450 feet
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 65 to 71 degrees
Mean Annual Precipitation: 45 to 55 inches
Frost Free Period:
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Albany soils Do not have spodic horizons
Bladen soils-- Do not have spodic horizons
Chipley soils-- Do not have spodic horizons
Mascotte soilshas Btg horizon within 40 inches and a contrasting particle-size within the PSCS
Olustee soilsdo not have E horizons and has a Btg horizon within 40 inches
Pelham soils-- Do not have spodic horizons
Rigdon soils-- Do not have spodic horizons
Rutlege soils-- Do not have spodic horizons
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY:
Drainage class (Agricultural): somewhat poorly drained to poorly drained
Index Surface Runoff: negligible to low
Internal Free Water Occurrence: very shallow, persistent
Permeability: moderate
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: mostly wooded
Dominant Vegetation: Where wooded-- Natural vegetation consists of longleaf pine, loblolly pine, pond pine, blackgum, and water oak. Understory plants are gallberry, sawtooth palmetto, and dwarf huckleberry.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: Lower Coastal Plain of Georgia, Florida and possibly North Carolina and South Carolina.
Extent: moderate
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Raleigh, North Carolina
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Camden County, Georgia, 1976.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and soil characteristics recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon - the zone from the surface to approximately 4 inches (A horizons).
Albic horizon - the zones from approximately 4 to 17 inches and 25 to 49 inches (E and E' horizons).
Spodic horizon - the zone from approximately 17 to 25 inches (Bh1 and Bh2 horizons).
Argillic horizon - the zone from approximately 49 to 84 inches (Btg horizon).
Series control section--the zone from 0 to 80 inches
ADDITIONAL DATA:
Data Map Unit ID: 458,367
TABULAR SERIES DATA:
Soil Name Slope Airtemp FrFr/Seas Precip Elevation SAPELO 0- 2 65- 71 240-285 45- 55 14- 450 SAPELO 0- 2 65- 71 240-285 45- 55 14- 450FloodL FloodH Watertable Kind Months Bedrock Hardness NONE 0.5-1.5 APPARENT NOV-APR 60-60 NONE 0-0.5 APPARENT NOV-APR 60-60
Depth Texture 3-Inch No-10 Clay% -CEC- 0-17 FS S 0- 0 100-100 2- 5 1- 3 17-25 FS S LFS 0- 0 100-100 3- 7 2- 5 25-49 FS S 0- 0 100-100 3- 6 1- 3 49-84 SL SCL FSL 0- 0 100-100 10-30 2- 5
Depth -pH- O.M. Salin Permeab Shnk-Swll 0-17 3.6- 5.5 1.-3. 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW 17-25 3.6- 5.5 2.-4. 0- 0 0.6- 2.0 LOW 25-49 3.6- 5.5 - 0- 0 6.0- 20 LOW 49-84 3.6- 5.5 - 0- 0 0.2- 2.0 LOW