Soil Series Atlas

Pelham soil series

Loamy, siliceous, subactive, thermic Arenic Paleaquults

050100150200cm1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft5 ft6 ftApTopsoil · plowed0–15 cm · 0–6 inEg1Leached layer · gleyed: gray from wetness15–41 cm · 6–16 inEg2Leached layer · gleyed: gray from wetness41–53 cm · 16–21 inEg3Leached layer · gleyed: gray from wetness53–66 cm · 21–26 inBEgSubsoil with leached traits · gleyed:gray from wetness66–86 cm · 26–34 inBtg1Subsoil · clay build-up, gleyed: grayfrom wetness86–127 cm · 34–50 inBtg2Subsoil · clay build-up, gleyed: grayfrom wetness127–142 cm · 50–56 inBtg3Subsoil · clay build-up, gleyed: grayfrom wetness142–173 cm · 56–68 inCgParent material · gleyed: gray fromwetness173–203 cm · 68–80 in050100150200cmApTopsoil · plowed0–15 cm · 0–6 inEg1Leached layer · gleyed:gray from wetness15–41 cm · 6–16 inEg2Leached layer · gleyed:gray from wetness41–53 cm · 16–21 inEg3Leached layer · gleyed:gray from wetness53–66 cm · 21–26 inBEgSubsoil with leachedtraits · gleyed: grayfrom wetness66–86 cm · 26–34 inBtg1Subsoil · claybuild-up, gleyed: grayfrom wetness86–127 cm · 34–50 inBtg2Subsoil · claybuild-up, gleyed: grayfrom wetness127–142 cm · 50–56 inBtg3Subsoil · claybuild-up, gleyed: grayfrom wetness142–173 cm · 56–68 inCgParent material ·gleyed: gray fromwetness173–203 cm · 68–80 in
Typical pedon, to scale: 203 cm (80 in), 9 horizons.

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

Pelham is mapped on 1.93 million acres in 4 states, 40th nationally by area. In Georgia only three series cover more ground. It is the only series in the atlas that belongs to the great group Paleaquults. No other established series shares its family class.

Depth
Very deep
Drainage
Poorly drained
Water movement
Moderate

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Where Pelham is mapped

1,931,388 acres in 93 soil survey areas, from current SSURGO data.

Alabama: 25,733 acresArizonaColoradoFlorida: 363,265 acresGeorgia: 1,462,907 acresIndianaKansasMaineMassachusettsMinnesotaNew JerseyNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOklahomaPennsylvaniaSouth DakotaTexasWyomingConnecticutMissouriWest VirginiaIllinoisNew MexicoArkansasCaliforniaDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaIowaKentuckyMarylandMichiganMississippiMontanaNew HampshireNew YorkOhioOregonTennesseeUtahVirginiaWashingtonWisconsinNebraskaSouth Carolina: 79,484 acresIdahoNevadaVermontLouisianaRhode Island

Share of all Pelham acres

  1. Georgia76%
  2. Florida19%
  3. South Carolina4%
  4. Alabama1%
  • Rank in the state · share of its mapped soil
  • Georgia 4th of 327 · 4.41%
  • Florida 22nd of 474 · 1.12%

In the field

Drainage

Poorly drained

Drains fastStays wet

5 other atlas series are poorly drained, none of them Ultisols.

Soil depth

Very deep

ShallowDeep

Permeability

Moderate

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

How it is classified

  1. OrderUltisols
  2. SuborderAquults
  3. Great groupPaleaquults
  4. SubgroupArenic Paleaquults
  5. FamilyLoamy, siliceous, subactive, thermic Arenic Paleaquultsloamy particle-size classsiliceous mineralogy classsubactive cation-exchange activity classthermic soil temperature regime

Against other Ultisols

Pelham makes up 1.02% of all mapped Ultisols — the 12th largest of 1,278 series in the order.

Solum thickness (topsoil + subsoil)

173 cm over a median of 142 cm

Depth to the subsoil

66 cm over a median of 23 cm

Depth described

203 cm over a median of 178 cm

Its relatives

Other Ultisols in this atlas

  1. Pelham203 cm · Arenic Paleaquults
  2. Gilpin79 cm · Typic Hapludults
  3. Smithdale211 cm · Typic Hapludults
  4. Cecil203 cm · Typic Kanhapludults
  5. Pacolet203 cm · Typic Kanhapludults
  6. Clarksville152 cm · Typic Paleudults

Horizon by horizon

HorizonLayerDepthThickness
ApTopsoil: plowed0–15 cm0–6 in15 cm
Eg1Leached layer: gleyed: gray from wetness15–41 cm6–16 in26 cm
Eg2Leached layer: gleyed: gray from wetness41–53 cm16–21 in12 cm
Eg3Leached layer: gleyed: gray from wetness53–66 cm21–26 in13 cm
BEgSubsoil with leached traits: gleyed: gray from wetness66–86 cm26–34 in20 cm
Btg1Subsoil: clay build-up, gleyed: gray from wetness86–127 cm34–50 in41 cm
Btg2Subsoil: clay build-up, gleyed: gray from wetness127–142 cm50–56 in15 cm
Btg3Subsoil: clay build-up, gleyed: gray from wetness142–173 cm56–68 in31 cm
CgParent material: gleyed: gray from wetness173–203 cm68–80 in30 cm

Sources: USDA–NRCS Official Series Description (revised 2007-04), Soil Classification database and SSURGO. Ranks computed by Soil Series Atlas. Method · Guides