IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Arundel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 01AL041002-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 01AL041002-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S01AL-041-2
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24252
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 31.7083333
  • Std. Longitude: -86.4250000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9 N
  • Range: 16 E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4
  • Location Description: About 2.0 miles south of Cooks Stand, Crenshaw Co., AL; 1,400 feet east and 600 feet north of the southwest corner of sec. 35, T. 9 N., R. 16 E.; USGS Moodys Crossroads, 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, smectitic, thermic Typic hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Arundel
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/5/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Arundel
  • Classificaton Date - 9/17/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, clayey marine deposits derived from claystone
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: moderately coherent moderate weathered claystone at 89cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/17/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    moderately coherent

    89 - 152

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

    paralithic contact

    15—74

    89—

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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

    4

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    132

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    Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) ; 76 percent sand; 17 percent silt; 7 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; 10 percent by volume flat weakly coherent cemented 2-30-75 millimeter claystone fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0141-2-1; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) ; 77 percent sand; 16 percent silt; 8 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; 10 percent by volume flat weakly coherent cemented 2-30-75 millimeter claystone fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0141-2-2; observed in pit, small
    Bt—15 to 41 centimeters (5.9 to 16.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) exterior and red (2.5YR 4/6) interior ; 49 percent sand; 5 percent silt; 45 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky, and strong coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume flat weakly coherent cemented 2-30-75 millimeter claystone fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0141-2-3; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 417040; patchy - phpvsfiid 417040
    Btss1—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) ; 60 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 35 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 25 percent faint slickensides (pedogenic) and 50 percent pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0141-2-4; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 417041; patchy - phpvsfiid 417041
    Btss2—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) ; 61 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 35 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 25 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) and 50 percent pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions and 1 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0141-2-5; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 417044; patchy - phpvsfiid 417044
    C—74 to 89 centimeters (29.1 to 35.0 inches); variegated 30 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/3) and 30 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) and 20 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and 20 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) ; 69 percent sand; 13 percent silt; 19 percent clay; moderate thick platy structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 10 percent by volume flat weakly coherent cemented claystone fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0141-2-6; observed in pit, small
    Cr—89 to 152 centimeters (35.0 to 59.8 inches); ; strong thick platy structure; hard; moderate excavation difficulty; 5 percent coarse distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron in cracks; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3. Lab sample # 0141-2-7; observed in pit, small