Faceville Series

• Depth class: Very deep
• Drainage class: Well drained
• Permeability: Moderate
• Parent material: Clayey marine sediments
• Landscape: Coastal Plain
• Landform: Broad ridges
• Landform position: Smooth and slightly convex slopes
• Slope: 0 to 5 percent
• Taxonomic class: Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kandiudults

Commonly Associated Soils

• Nankin soils, which are in more convex positions than those of the Faceville soils and have a thinner solum
• Orangeburg and Red Bay soils, which are in positions similar to those of the Faceville soils and are fine-loamy

Typical Pedon

Faceville fine sandy loam; from the Official Series Description for the typical pedon located in Peach County, Georgia; USGS Warner Robins SW topographic quadrangle; lat. 32 degrees 34 minutes 41 seconds N. and long. 83 degrees 43 minutes 28 seconds W.

• Ap—0 to 5 inches; brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; common fine and very fine roots; strongly acid; abrupt smooth boundary.
• BA—5 to 11 inches; yellowish red (5YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; common fine roots; few faint clay films on faces of peds; strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
• Bt1—11 to 28 inches; yellowish red (5YR 5/6) sandy clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; common distinct clay films on faces of peds; strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
• Bt2—28 to 34 inches; red (2.5YR 4/6) sandy clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common distinct clay films on faces of peds; strongly acid; gradual irregular boundary.
• Bt3—34 to 60 inches; red (2.5YR 4/6) sandy clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common distinct and prominent clay films on faces of peds; few fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of iron accumulation; strongly acid; diffuse irregular boundary.
• Bt4—60 to 72 inches; about 34 percent dark red (10R 3/6), 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), and 33 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) sandy clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few distinct and prominent clay films on faces of peds; the areas of dark red and yellowish brown are relict and contemporary iron accumulations, and the areas of pale brown are relict and contemporary iron depletions; strongly acid.

Range in Characteristics

• Thickness of the solum: More than 60 inches
• Content and size of rock fragments: 0 to 10 percent ironstone nodules 3 to 20 millimeters in size in the surface and subsurface horizons
• Content of plinthite: Less than 5 percent below a depth of 40 inches
• Reaction: Very strongly acid or strongly acid throughout
• A or Ap horizon:
  • Color—hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 2 to 8
  • Texture—loamy sand, loamy fine sand, sandy loam, or fine sandy loam
• E horizon (where present):
  • Color—hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 5 to 7, and chroma of 3 or 4
  • Texture—loamy sand, loamy fine sand, sandy loam, or fine sandy loam
• BA horizon (where present):
  • Color—hue of 2.5YR to 7.5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 6 to 8
  • Texture—sandy clay loam or clay loam
• Bt horizon (upper part):
  • Color—hue of 10R to 5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 4 to 8
  • Texture—sandy clay, clay loam, or clay
• Bt horizon (lower part):
  • Color—hue of 10R to 5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 4 to 8; or multicolored in shades of red, brown, and yellow
  • Texture—sandy clay, clay loam, or clay
  • Redoximorphic features (where present)—none to common relict and contemporary masses of iron accumulation in shades of brown and yellow and, below a depth of 60 inches, none to common relict and contemporary iron depletions in shades of gray
• BC horizon (where present):
  • Texture—sandy clay loam or sandy clay
  • Redoximorphic features—none to common relict and contemporary masses of iron accumulation in shades of red, brown, and yellow and none to common relict and contemporary iron depletions in shades of gray

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