IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Williamsville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 02AL041003-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 02AL041003-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S02AL-041-3
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24255
  • 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: 31.6680556
  • Std. Longitude: -86.2916667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8 N
  • Range: 18 E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: SE1/4
  • Location Description: About 2 miles southwest of Luverne, Crenshaw Co., AL; 2,000 feet west and 500 feet north of the southeast corner of sec. 7, T. 8 N., R. 18 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, mixed, semiactive, 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 - Williamsville
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/5/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Williamsville
  • Classificaton Date - 9/16/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, clayey marine deposits derived from sedimentary, unspecified
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/16/2002 (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 - conifers
  • 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

    28—203

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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

    3

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    116

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) ; 89 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 3 percent clay; single grain; loose; 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 0241-3-1; observed in pit, small
    E—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) ; 87 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 3 percent clay; single grain; loose; 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 0241-3-2; observed in pit, small
    BE—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) ; 61 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 31 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots and 2.0 coarse roots; 2 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0241-3-3; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—38 to 71 centimeters (15.0 to 28.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) ; 53 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 43 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots and 2.0 coarse roots; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium distinct 7.5YR 4/8 (7.5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0241-3-4; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 417047; patchy - phpvsfiid 417047
    Bt2—71 to 107 centimeters (28.0 to 42.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) ; 61 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 36 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0241-3-5; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 417048; patchy - phpvsfiid 417048
    Bt3—107 to 122 centimeters (42.1 to 48.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) ; 67 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0241-3-6; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 417049; patchy - phpvsfiid 417049
    Bt4—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) ; 71 percent sand; 3 percent silt; 26 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0241-3-7; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 417050; patchy - phpvsfiid 417050
    BC1—152 to 178 centimeters (59.8 to 70.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) ; 77 percent sand; 3 percent silt; 21 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) iron depletions and 5 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0241-3-8; observed in auger, bucket
    BC2—178 to 203 centimeters (70.1 to 79.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) ; 73 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 23 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9. Lab sample # 0241-3-9; observed in auger, bucket