IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Paden
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 01AL089007-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 01AL089007-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S01AL-089-7
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24334
  • 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: 34.6732500
  • Std. Longitude: -86.6875278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 1,750 feet east of Patton Rd. and about 400 feet south of Redstone Rd.; about 70 feet west of Deerberry Rd.; Redstone Arsenal, Madison Co., AL; USGS Farley, AL topographic quadrangle.
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL089—Madison County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Glossic fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Paden
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/24/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nesbitt
  • Classificaton Date - 8/29/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, loamy alluvium derived from sedimentary, unspecified over moderately weathered, clayey residuum weathered from limestone, argillaceous
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: riser
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/29/2001 (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 - pastureland, tame
  • 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

    fragipan

    noncoherent

    51 - 150

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

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    15—200

    51—150

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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

    2

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    195

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4); 23 percent sand; 65 percent silt; 12 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; friable; 6.0 very fine roots and 6.0 fine roots; 5 percent worm casts; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 0189-7-1; observed in pit, small
    BE—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 20 percent sand; 58 percent silt; 22 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 very fine roots and 6.0 fine roots; 5 percent worm casts; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 0189-7-2; observed in pit, small
    Bt—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 21 percent sand; 56 percent silt; 24 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0189-7-3; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 416866; patchy - phpvsfiid 416866
    2B/E—51 to 84 centimeters (20.1 to 33.1 inches); variegated 60 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 20 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 27 percent sand; 43 percent silt; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and strong very coarse prismatic structure; firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 50 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions and 5 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 10 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume well rounded 5-10-20 millimeter chert fragments; - 60 - percent of the total horizon; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 0189-7-4; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 416867; patchy - phpvsfiid 416867
    2Btx—84 to 150 centimeters (33.1 to 59.1 inches); variegated 50 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 20 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8); 26 percent sand; 39 percent silt; 35 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and strong very coarse prismatic structure; firm; brittle; 50 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume well rounded 5-10-20 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0189-7-5; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 416868; continuous - phpvsfiid 416868
    2Bt—150 to 200 centimeters (59.1 to 78.7 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6); 30 percent sand; 35 percent silt; 35 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 50 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent coarse prominent light gray (10YR 7/1) clay depletions on vertical faces of peds and 25 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume well rounded 5-10-20 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 0189-7-6; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 416869; continuous - phpvsfiid 416869
    3Btss—200 to 216 centimeters (78.7 to 85.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6); 15 percent sand; 22 percent silt; 63 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 40 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 10 percent coarse prominent light gray (10YR 7/1) iron depletions between peds and 25 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume subrounded 5-10-20 millimeter chert fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1. Lab sample # 0189-7-7; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 416870; patchy - phpvsfiid 416870