IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Mountview
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
75AL083002-pgm
User Pedon ID:
1975AL083002
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
AU
Lab Pedon # -
S75AL-083-2
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
24306
Print Date:
11/26/2024
LOCATION
Township:
3S
Range:
5W
Section:
12
PLSS Details:
SW1/4SW1/4
Location Description:
About 0.25 mile west of the intersection of Lucas Ferry Road and U.S. 72 on the north bank of U.S. 72; Limestone County, AL; photo HJ-3A-81.
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
AL083—Limestone County, Alabama
PEDON
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-silty, siliceous, semiactive Oxyaquic paleudults
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
classifies to current taxon name, full description
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
PedonPC
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Mountview
PSC -
25 to 75 cm.
Classificaton Date -
2/24/2009
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
tenth edition
Moisture Class -
udic
Moisture Subclass -
oxyaquic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Mountview
Classificaton Date -
10/14/1975
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
2
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
strongly weathered, silty alluvium derived from sedimentary, unspecified over strongly weathered, clayey residuum weathered from limestone, argillaceous
Landscape:
upland
Landform:
ridge
Geomorphic Component Hills:
nose slope
Hill Slope Profile:
summit
Slope Complexity:
simple
Runoff:
medium
Drainage Class:
well
Flooding:
none flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
10/14/1975 (actual site observation date)
Air Photo ID:
Surface Water Kind:
none observed
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
crop cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
row crop
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
25—213
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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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Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3); 12 percent sand; 74 percent silt; 14 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; friable; 4.0 fine roots; 2 percent by volume chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 7583-2-1
EB—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); 15 percent sand; 72 percent silt; 13 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 2 percent by volume chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 7583-2-2
Bt1—25 to 50 centimeters (9.8 to 19.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 12 percent sand; 66 percent silt; 22 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions; 2 percent by volume chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 7583-2-3. patchy - phpvsfiid 1308085; patchy - phpvsfiid 1308085
Bt2—50 to 63 centimeters (19.7 to 24.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); 12 percent sand; 62 percent silt; 26 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 7583-2-4. patchy - phpvsfiid 1308086; patchy - phpvsfiid 1308086
2Bt3—63 to 91 centimeters (24.8 to 35.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6); 10 percent sand; 55 percent silt; 36 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; distinct dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions and 5 percent medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) iron depletions and 5 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 7583-2-5. continuous - phpvsfiid 1308087; continuous - phpvsfiid 1308087
2Bt4—91 to 142 centimeters (35.8 to 55.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8); 10 percent sand; 49 percent silt; 41 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent medium prominent light gray (10YR 7/1) iron depletions and 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 7583-2-6. continuous - phpvsfiid 1308088; continuous - phpvsfiid 1308088
2Bt5—142 to 213 centimeters (55.9 to 83.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8); 12 percent sand; 41 percent silt; 46 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent coarse prominent light gray (10YR 7/1) iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6. Lab sample # 7583-2-7. continuous - phpvsfiid 1308089; continuous - phpvsfiid 1308089