IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Springhill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 01AL041001-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 01AL041001-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S01AL-041-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24251
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 31.7125000
  • Std. Longitude: -86.3527778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9 N
  • Range: 17 E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4
  • Location Description: About 2.0 miles west of Rutledge, Crenshaw Co., AL; 2,200 feet north and 300 feet east of the southwest corner of sec. 27, T. 9 N., R. 17 E.; USGS Luverne, 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 - Springhill
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/5/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Springhill
  • Classificaton Date - 5/2/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, loamy marine deposits derived from metamorphic & sedimentary
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/2/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    23—178

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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

    9

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    128

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) ; 80 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 7 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 0141-1-1; observed in pit, small
    BE—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) ; 73 percent sand; 13 percent silt; 13 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0141-1-2; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—23 to 63 centimeters (9.1 to 24.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) ; 63 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 28 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0141-1-3; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 417034; patchy - phpvsfiid 417034
    Bt2—63 to 89 centimeters (24.8 to 35.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) ; 64 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 28 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0141-1-4; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 417035; patchy - phpvsfiid 417035
    Bt3—89 to 104 centimeters (35.0 to 40.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) ; 68 percent sand; 7 percent silt; 25 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 4.0 fine roots; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0141-1-5; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 417036; patchy - phpvsfiid 417036
    Bt4—104 to 127 centimeters (40.9 to 50.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) ; 69 percent sand; 7 percent silt; 24 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0141-1-6; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 417037; patchy - phpvsfiid 417037
    Bt5—127 to 178 centimeters (50.0 to 70.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) ; 70 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 26 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0141-1-7; observed in auger, bucket. patchy - phpvsfiid 417038; patchy - phpvsfiid 417038
    BC—178 to 203 centimeters (70.1 to 79.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) ; 78 percent sand; 2 percent silt; 20 percent clay; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # 0141-1-8; observed in auger, bucket. patchy - phpvsfiid 417039; patchy - phpvsfiid 417039