IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brantley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 05AL041001-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 05AL041001-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S05AL-041-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24260
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 32.0161111
  • Std. Longitude: -86.3075000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12 N
  • Range: 17 E
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: SE1/4
  • Location Description: About 2 miles north of Highland Home, Crenshaw Co., AL; 2,700 feet north and 1,600 feet west of the southeast corner of sec. 13, T. 12 N., R. 17 E.; USGS Sellers, 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-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Typic hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brantley
  • PSC - 43 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/5/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brantley
  • Classificaton Date - 2/24/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/24/2005 (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 Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

    43—94

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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

    15

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    130

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) ; 79 percent sand; 12 percent silt; 9 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots and 6.0 coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 0541-1-1; observed in pit, small
    AE—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) ; 84 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 6 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; 2 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0541-1-2; observed in pit, small
    E—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) ; 86 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 4 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0541-1-3; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—43 to 76 centimeters (16.9 to 29.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) ; 60 percent sand; 6 percent silt; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0541-1-4; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 417070; patchy - phpvsfiid 417070
    Bt2—76 to 94 centimeters (29.9 to 37.0 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) ; 77 percent sand; 3 percent silt; 20 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0541-1-5; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 417071; patchy - phpvsfiid 417071
    BC—94 to 127 centimeters (37.0 to 50.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) ; 79 percent sand; 3 percent silt; 18 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 25 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0541-1-6; observed in pit, small
    C1—127 to 165 centimeters (50.0 to 65.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) ; 84 percent sand; 2 percent silt; 14 percent clay; massive; very friable; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0541-1-7; observed in pit, small
    C2—165 to 203 centimeters (65.0 to 79.9 inches); variegated strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) ; 85 percent sand; 2 percent silt; 14 percent clay; massive; very friable; 25 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2. Lab sample # 0541-1-8; observed in auger, bucket