Agency Code: 501 Project Code: DAN Site Code: 1209
Described by: Ted (E.A.) Griffin Date: 22/10/1996

Observation type: auger boring Category: brief description

Location: MGA94 Zone: 50  416201 mE  6595163 mN 
Location notes: Peter Nixon, Barberton East
Site notes: groundwater pH=6.2--streamwater: pH=6.4; EC=740 mS/m
Disturbance: Limited clearing.

Landform
Landform pattern: rises
Relief/modal slope: level plain
Landform element: terrace flat
Morphological type:
Pattern Relief:  rises

Surface and Hydrological Properties
Rock outcrop:   
Surface coarse fragments: 
Physical properties: water table at 65 cm; water tbl EC 750

Geology/parent material
Soil parent material:
Alluvium over granite

Vegetation
Notes: Euc loxophleba, Mel rhaphiophylla  

Species List
Eucalyptus loxophleba subsp. loxophleba, Melaleuca rhaphiophylla

Land use
Site: Grazing (grazing of vegetation planted by man). Surrounds: Grazing (grazing of vegetation planted by man).

Visible erosion, assessed flooding and salinity
slight salinity.

Current Classification
WA Soil Group: (1999) Shallow loams supergroup, on rock
Soil Series: LsgH30-80 (provisional)
Map Unit: 256Gt_4b

Soil Profile Description

Horizon | Depth (cm) | Description
A1 | 0-20 | Very dark greyish brown (10YR 3/2 moist) sandy loam; pH 6.6; EC 84 mS/m; sharp boundary.
B1h | 20-35 | Black (10YR 2/1 moist) humic loam; pH 6.7; EC 55 mS/m; gradual boundary.
B21ht | 35-70 | Black (10YR 2/1 moist) humic sandy clay loam; pH 6.9; EC 36 mS/m; gradual boundary.
B22t | 70-75 | Very dark grey (10YR 3/1 moist) gritty sandy clay loam; pH 7; EC 39 mS/m; abrupt boundary.
R | 75+ | Substrate; angular granite coarse fragments.