\<@37\>Blanton Series

\<@33\>\<i\>*Depth class:*\<p\> Very deep

\<@33\>\<i\>*Drainage class:*\<p\> Somewhat excessively drained to
moderately well drained

\<@33\>\<i\>*Permeability:*\<p\> Rapid in the surface and subsurface
layers and moderate or moderately slow in the subsoil

\<@33\>\<i\>*Parent material:*\<p\> Sandy and loamy marine sediments

\<@33\>\<i\>*Seasonal high water table:*\<p\> At a depth of 4 to 6 feet
during wet seasons, perched

\<@33\>\<i\>*Landscape position:*\<p\> Ridges, hillslopes, and flats

\<@33\>\<i\>*Slope:*\<p\> 0 to 17 percent

\<@33\>\<i\>*Classification:*\<p\> Loamy, siliceous, thermic Grossarenic
Paleudults

\<@27\>Geographically Associated Soils

-   \<@29\>Fuquay and Lucy soils, which are well drained and have a
    sandy epipedon that is 20 to 40 inches thick

-   \<@29\>Lakeland soils, which do not have a water table within a
    depth of 6 feet and are sandy to a depth of more than 80 inches

-   \<@29\>Pelham soils, which are poorly drained and have a sandy
    epipedon that is 20 to 40 inches thick

\<@27\>Typical Pedon

\<@30\>Blanton sand, 0 to 5 percent slopes; 1.3 miles south along the
Crisp-Wilcox County line from U. S. Highway 280 and 1,300 feet east of
highway; in Wilcox County; USGS Quadrangle Pitts, Georgia (1973); lat.
31 degrees 56 minutes 19 seconds N. and long. 83 degrees 36 minutes 27
seconds W.

\<@23\>Ap---0 to 6 inches; dark gray (10YR 4/1) sand; single grained;
loose; common fine and medium roots; common clean rain-washed sand
grains; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.

\<@33\>E1---6 to 45 inches; light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand;
single grained; loose; common fine and medium roots; material from Ap
horizon in some of the root channels in the upper 6 inches of the
horizon; very strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary.

\<@33\>E2---45 to 62 inches; light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand;
single grained; loose; few fine roots; few small pockets of clean sand
grains; few small ironstone fragments in the lower 10 inches of the
horizon; very strongly acid; clear smooth boundary.

\<@33\>E3---62 to 68 inches; brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sand; few small
pockets of strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) loamy sand; single grained; loose;
few fine roots; very strongly acid; clear smooth boundary.

\<@33\>Bt1---68 to 71 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; few
medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) mottles; weak medium subangular blocky
structure; friable; few fine roots; sand grains bridged with clay; very
strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary.

\<@33\>Bt2---71 to 85 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay
loam; few medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) and few medium distinct light
gray (10YR 7/2) mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure;
friable; few fine roots; few faint clay films on faces of peds; common
coarse sand grains; very strongly acid.

\<@27\>Range in Characteristics

\<@33\>\<i\>*Thickness of the solum:*\<p\> 60 inches or more

\<@33\>\<i\>*Thickness of the sandy epipedon:*\<p\> 40 to 78 inches

\<@33\>\<i\>*Depth to mottles of chroma 2 or less:*\<p\> 50 to 72 inches

\<@33\>\<i\>*Content of ironstone nodules and quartz pebbles:*\<p\> 0 to
5 percent in all horizons

\<@33\>\<i\>*Reaction:*\<p\> Very strongly acid or strongly acid
throughout, except for the surface layer where lime has been applied

\<@23\>\<i\>*A horizon:*

\<@31\>Thickness---6 to 9 inches

\<@31\>Color---hue of 10YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 1 to 3

\<@23\>\<i\>*E horizon:*

\<@31\>Color---hue of 10YR, value of 5 to 7, and chroma of 1 to 6

\<@23\>\<i\>*Bt horizon, upper part:*

\<@31\>Color---hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 5 to 7, chroma of 3 to 8,
and few or common mottles in shades of red and brown

\<@31\>Texture---sandy loam or sandy clay loam

\<@23\>\<i\>*Bt horizon, lower part:*

\<@31\>Color---hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 5 to 7, chroma of 3 to 8,
and few or common mottles in shades of red, brown, and gray; or mottled
in shades of red, brown, and gray

\<@31\>Texture---sandy loam or sandy clay loam