IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bodine
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 71AL009009-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 71AL009009-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S71AL-009-9
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24180
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 14S
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4NE1/4
  • Location Description: Blount County, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL009—Blount County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, subactive, thermic Typic paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bodine
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/24/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bodine
  • Classificaton Date - 11/30/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, gravelly colluvium derived from limestone, cherty
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/30/1971 (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

    23—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

    30

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    290

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) gravelly silt loam; 32 percent sand; 52 percent silt; 16 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 30 percent by volume angular 2-20-40 millimeter chert fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 7109-9-1
    E—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) gravelly silt loam; 24 percent sand; 59 percent silt; 17 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 20 percent by volume angular 2-20-40 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 7109-9-2
    Bt1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) very gravelly clay loam; 25 percent sand; 46 percent silt; 29 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 40 percent by volume angular 5-25-50 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 7109-9-3. patchy - phpvsfiid 434213; patchy - phpvsfiid 434213
    Bt2—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) very gravelly loam; 24 percent sand; 50 percent silt; 26 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 50 percent by volume 5-20-50 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 7109-9-4. patchy - phpvsfiid 434214; patchy - phpvsfiid 434214
    2Bt3—56 to 96 centimeters (22.0 to 37.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) extremely gravelly clay loam; 44 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 37 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent distinct clay films on rock fragments and 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 75 percent by volume 5-30-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 7109-9-5. patchy - phpvsfiid 434215; patchy - phpvsfiid 434215
    2Bt4—96 to 152 centimeters (37.8 to 59.8 inches); variegated yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) extremely gravelly clay loam; 43 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 37 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent distinct clay films on rock fragments and 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; ; 75 percent by volume angular 5-50-300 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 7109-9-6. patchy - phpvsfiid 434217; patchy - phpvsfiid 434217
    2BC—152 to 213 centimeters (59.8 to 83.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) extremely gravelly clay loam; 38 percent sand; 23 percent silt; 38 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct clay films on rock fragments; 75 percent by volume angular 10-75-300 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6. Lab sample # 7109-9-7. patchy - phpvsfiid 434219; patchy - phpvsfiid 434219