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Soilscape of Tifton soil (State Soil of Georgia); Webster County, Georgia

Tifton Series--Georgia State Soil:

www.soils4teachers.org/files/s4t/k12outreach/ga-state-soi...

 

The Tifton series consists of very deep, well drained soils that formed in loamy marine sediments. Tifton soils are on interfluves. Slopes range from 0 to 8 percent. Mean annual temperature is about 18 degrees C (64 degrees F), and the mean annual precipitation is about 1360 millimeters (53 inches).

 

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Plinthic Kandiudults

 

Depth to horizons with 5 percent or more plinthite is dominantly 76 to 127 centimeters (30 to 50 inches), but in some pedons it is 63 centimeters (25 inches). Silt content is less than 20 percent. Depth to Redox features i predominantly greater than 102 centimeters (40 inches), but some pedons have iron depletions below a depth of 76 centimeters (30 inches).

 

USE AND VEGETATION:

Most areas of Tifton soils are under cultivation with cotton, corn, peanuts, vegetable crops, and small grains. Some areas are in pasture and forestland. The forested areas consist largely of longleaf pine, loblolly pine, slash pine with some scattered hardwoods on cutover areas.

 

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:

Major Land Resource Area (MLRA): The series occurs primarily in the Southern Coastal Plain (MLRA 133A), but it also occurs to a lesser extent in the Atlantic Coast Flatwoods (MLRA 153A).

Extent: large extent

 

For additional information about the survey area, visit:

www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/georgia/webste...

 

For a detailed soil description, visit:

soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/T/TIFTON.html

 

For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:

casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#tifton

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Uploaded on March 13, 2022
Taken on July 16, 2007