IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sumter

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 04AL041002-pgm

User Pedon ID: 04AL041002-pgm

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - AU

Lab Pedon # - S04AL-041-2

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24259

Print Date: 4/21/2025

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: 32.3361111

Std. Longitude: -86.3791667

Datum: WGS84

Township: 12 N

Range: 17 E

Section: 16

PLSS Details: SE1/4

Location Description: About 3 miles west of Highland Home, Crenshaw Co., AL; 2,300 feet west and 500 feet north of the southeast corner of sec. 16, T. 12 N., R. 17 E.; USGS Sellers, AL topographic quadrangle.

State: Alabama

County: AL041—Crenshaw

MLRA: 135A—Alabama and Mississippi Blackland Prairie

Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL041—Crenshaw County, Alabama

PEDON

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, carbonatic, thermic Rendollic eutrudepts

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: representative pedon for component

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Sumter

PSC - 13 to 74 cm.

Classificaton Date - 3/5/2009

Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - typic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Sumter

Classificaton Date - 9/14/2004

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 2

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: moderately weathered, loamy marine deposits derived from chalk

Landscape: coastal plain

Landform: hillslope

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Complexity: complex

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: linear

Runoff: high

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Bedrock: moderately coherent moderate weathered chalk at 74cm

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/14/2004 (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	moderately coherent	74 - 152	—

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
cambic horizon calcic horizon paralithic contact	13—58 13—58 74—	—- —- —-

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
35	—	—	192	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) ; 43 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 32 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 10 percent by volume 2-20-75 millimeter limestone, argillaceous fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0441-2-1; observed in pit, small

Ap2—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) ; 38 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 32 percent clay; moderate coarse granular structure; firm; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 2 percent fine carbonate nodules and 10 percent medium noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; 10 percent by volume 2-20-75 millimeter limestone, argillaceous fragments; strong effervescence; neutral, pH 7.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0441-2-2; observed in pit, small

Bk1—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) ; 34 percent sand; 35 percent silt; 31 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 30 percent fine noncoherent cemented carbonate masses and 10 percent medium carbonate nodules; fragments; violent effervescence; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0441-2-3; observed in pit, small

Bk2—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) ; 39 percent sand; 34 percent silt; 27 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 30 percent fine noncoherent cemented carbonate masses and 10 percent medium carbonate nodules; fragments; violent effervescence; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0441-2-4; observed in pit, small

Bk3—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) ; 46 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 26 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 30 percent fine noncoherent cemented carbonate masses and 10 percent medium carbonate nodules; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0441-2-5; observed in pit, small

C—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) ; 48 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 26 percent clay; weak medium platy structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 40 percent fine noncoherent cemented carbonate masses and 25 percent medium carbonate nodules; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0441-2-6; observed in pit, small

Cr—74 to 152 centimeters (29.1 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) ; moderate medium platy structure; very firm; low excavation difficulty; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 0441-2-7; observed in pit, small