IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Orangeburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 00AL041003-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 00AL041003-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S00AL-041-3
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24250
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 31.8358333
  • Std. Longitude: -86.4041667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10 N
  • Range: 16 E
  • Section: 13
  • Location Description: About 1.0 mile west of Honoraville, Crenshaw Co., AL; USGS Honoraville, AL topographic quadrangle.
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL041—Crenshaw
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL041—Crenshaw County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, subactive, thermic Typic paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Orangeburg
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/5/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Orangeburg
  • Classificaton Date - 10/31/2000
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, loamy marine deposits derived from metamorphic & sedimentary
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/31/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

    20—234

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    173

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    Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) ; 72 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 9 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 6.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 0041-3-1; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) ; 73 percent sand; 17 percent silt; 11 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 0041-3-2; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—20 to 51 centimeters (7.9 to 20.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) ; 58 percent sand; 17 percent silt; 26 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0041-3-3; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 417027; patchy - phpvsfiid 417027
    Bt2—51 to 89 centimeters (20.1 to 35.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) ; 53 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 36 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 fine roots; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0041-3-4; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 417028; patchy - phpvsfiid 417028
    Bt3—89 to 124 centimeters (35.0 to 48.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) ; 55 percent sand; 9 percent silt; 36 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0041-3-5; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 417029; patchy - phpvsfiid 417029
    Bt4—124 to 142 centimeters (48.8 to 55.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) ; 58 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium ironstone nodules and 5 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0041-3-6; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 417030; patchy - phpvsfiid 417030
    Bt5—142 to 173 centimeters (55.9 to 68.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) ; 59 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 33 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium plinthite nodules and 5 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0041-3-7; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 417031; patchy - phpvsfiid 417031
    Bt6—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) ; 58 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 35 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium plinthite nodules and 5 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions and 5 percent medium distinct red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0041-3-8; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 417032; patchy - phpvsfiid 417032
    Bt7—203 to 234 centimeters (79.9 to 92.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) ; 58 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 38 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions and 5 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1. Lab sample # 0041-3-9; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 417033; patchy - phpvsfiid 417033