IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Suggsville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 02AL025001-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 02AL025001-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S02AL-025-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24218
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 31.5450000
  • Std. Longitude: -87.7038889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7 N
  • Range: 4 E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: SE1/4
  • Location Description: About 3 miles southwest of Suggsville, Clarke County, AL; 2,000 feet north and 900 feet west of the southeast corner of sec. 30, T. 7 N., R. 4 E.; USGS Suggsville topographic quadrangle.
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL025—Clarke
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL025—Clarke County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, thermic Chromic dystruderts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Suggsville
  • PSC - 10 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/4/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Suggsville
  • Classificaton Date - 5/22/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, clayey marine deposits derived from sedimentary, unspecified over slightly weathered, marine deposits derived from limestone, unspecified
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: weakly coherent slight weathered limestone, unspecified at 107cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/22/2002 (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 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    weakly coherent

    107 - 152

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

    argillic horizon

    slickensides

    paralithic contact

    10—107

    53—107

    107—152

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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

    6

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    77

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    A—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) ; 22 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 48 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0225-1-1; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BA—2 to 10 centimeters (0.8 to 3.9 inches); variegated 60 percent brown (7.5YR 4/3) ; 22 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 52 percent clay; weak coarse cloddy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0225-1-2; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) ; 9 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 72 percent clay; moderate coarse angular blocky, and strong fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 60 percent pressure faces on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0225-1-3; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 414158; patchy - phpvsfiid 414158
    Btss1—28 to 53 centimeters (11.0 to 20.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) ; 9 percent sand; 21 percent silt; 70 percent clay; moderate coarse angular blocky, and strong fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 40 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 2 percent by volume well rounded indurated quartz fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0225-1-4; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 414159; patchy - phpvsfiid 414159
    Btss2—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); variegated 60 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) ; 3 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 89 percent clay; moderate coarse angular blocky, and strong fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 40 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses in matrix and 1 percent medium distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0225-1-5; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 414162; patchy - phpvsfiid 414162
    Btss3—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) ; 5 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 85 percent clay; moderate coarse angular blocky, and strong fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 40 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 15 percent fine noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses in matrix and 20 percent medium distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0225-1-6; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 414164; patchy - phpvsfiid 414164
    Btss4—89 to 107 centimeters (35.0 to 42.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) ; 4 percent sand; 9 percent silt; 87 percent clay; weak coarse angular blocky, and strong fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 40 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 2 percent fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 15 percent fine noncoherent cemented dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) iron-manganese masses in matrix and 20 percent medium distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) manganese coatings on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 0225-1-7; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 414166; patchy - phpvsfiid 414166
    Cr—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2) ; massive; moderate excavation difficulty; distinct clay films on bedrock; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # 0225-1-8; dry when described; observed in pit, small