Soil Series Atlas

Orangeburg soil series

Fine-loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kandiudults

050100150cm1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft5 ft6 ftApTopsoil · plowed0–18 cm · 0–7 inBASubsoil grading from topsoil18–30 cm · 7–12 inBt1Subsoil · clay build-up30–137 cm · 12–54 inBt2Subsoil · clay build-up137–183 cm · 54–72 in050100150cmApTopsoil · plowed0–18 cm · 0–7 inBASubsoil grading fromtopsoil18–30 cm · 7–12 inBt1Subsoil · clay build-up30–137 cm · 12–54 inBt2Subsoil · clay build-up137–183 cm · 54–72 in
Typical pedon, to scale: 183 cm (72 in), 4 horizons.

Ultisols — strongly weathered, leached soils with a clay-enriched subsoil

Orangeburg is mapped on 1.93 million acres in 8 states, 41st nationally by area. Besides it, only Tifton and Troup belong to the great group Kandiudults in this atlas. Its biggest share, 44%, is in Georgia, where it ranks 7th of 327 series.

Depth
Very deep
Drainage
Well drained
Water movement
Moderate

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Where Orangeburg is mapped

1,926,748 acres in 97 soil survey areas, from current SSURGO data.

Alabama: 645,098 acresArizonaColoradoFlorida: 273,696 acresGeorgia: 848,572 acresIndianaKansasMaineMassachusettsMinnesotaNew JerseyNorth Carolina: 17,423 acresNorth DakotaOklahomaPennsylvaniaSouth DakotaTexasWyomingConnecticutMissouriWest VirginiaIllinoisNew MexicoArkansas: 945 acresCaliforniaDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaIowaKentuckyMarylandMichiganMississippi: 2,681 acresMontanaNew HampshireNew YorkOhioOregonTennesseeUtahVirginia: 10,144 acresWashingtonWisconsinNebraskaSouth Carolina: 128,190 acresIdahoNevadaVermontLouisianaRhode Island

Share of all Orangeburg acres

  1. Georgia44%
  2. Alabama34%
  3. Florida14%
  4. South Carolina7%
  5. North Carolina0.9%
  6. Virginia0.5%
  7. Mississippi0.1%
  8. Arkansas<0.1%

In the field

Drainage

Well drained

Drains fastStays wet

Soil depth

Very deep

ShallowDeep

Permeability

Moderate

SlowFast
Parent material
Marine/coastal plain sediments
Landform
Uplands, coastal plains
Type location
Georgia

How it is classified

  1. OrderUltisols
  2. SuborderUdults
  3. Great groupKandiudults
  4. SubgroupTypic Kandiudults
  5. FamilyFine-loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kandiudultsfine-loamy particle-size classkaolinitic mineralogy classthermic soil temperature regime

Against other Ultisols

Orangeburg makes up 1.02% of all mapped Ultisols — the 13th largest of 1,278 series in the order.

Solum thickness (topsoil + subsoil)

183 cm over a median of 142 cm

Depth to the subsoil

18 cm under a median of 23 cm

Depth described

183 cm over a median of 178 cm

Its relatives

2 other established series share the family “Fine-loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kandiudults”

  1. Orangeburg1.9 M
  2. Norfolk1.6 M
  3. Thursa5 k

Close relatives, at one scale

  1. Orangeburg183 cm · Typic Kandiudults
  2. Tifton203 cm · Plinthic Kandiudults
  3. Troup203 cm · Grossarenic Kandiudults

Horizon by horizon

HorizonLayerDepthThickness
ApTopsoil: plowed0–18 cm0–7 in18 cm
BASubsoil grading from topsoil18–30 cm7–12 in12 cm
Bt1Subsoil: clay build-up30–137 cm12–54 in107 cm
Bt2Subsoil: clay build-up137–183 cm54–72 in46 cm

Sources: USDA–NRCS Official Series Description (revised 2014-12), Soil Classification database and SSURGO. Ranks computed by Soil Series Atlas. Method · Guides