IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Sylacauga
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
72AL029004-pgm
User Pedon ID:
72AL029004-pgm
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
AU
Lab Pedon # -
S72AL-029-4
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
24232
Print Date:
9/24/2024
LOCATION
Township:
16 S
Range:
11 E
Section:
26
Location Description:
About 1.5 miles northwest of Lecta, near the junction of Verdin Creek and the Tallapoosa River; Cleburne County, AL; photo CPK-1EE-148.
State:
Alabama
County:
AL029—Cleburne
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
AL029—Cleburne County, Alabama
PEDON
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Aeric endoaquults
Current Taxon Kind:
taxadjunct
Pedon Type:
within range of map unit
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
PedonPC
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Sylacauga
PSC -
18 to 68 cm.
Classificaton Date -
8/11/2008
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
tenth edition
Moisture Class -
aquic
Moisture Subclass -
aeric
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Augusta
Classificaton Date -
8/10/1972
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
0
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
strongly weathered, loamy alluvium derived from metamorphic & sedimentary
Landscape:
alluvial plain
Landform:
stream terrace
Geomorphic Component Terraces:
tread
Slope Complexity:
simple
Slope Shape Across:
concave
Slope Shape Down:
concave
Runoff:
low
Drainage Class:
somewhat poorly
Flooding:
occasional flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
8/10/1972 (actual site observation date)
Air Photo ID:
Surface Water Kind:
none observed
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
grass/herbaceous cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
pastureland, tame
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
18—165
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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
1
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310
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Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) ; 24 percent sand; 57 percent silt; 20 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 2 percent medium prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 7229-4-1; moist when described; observed in pit, small
Bt1—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) ; 28 percent sand; 44 percent silt; 28 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 40 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 7229-4-2; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 414202; patchy - phpvsfiid 414202
Bt2—41 to 165 centimeters (16.1 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) ; 22 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 33 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 40 percent coarse distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0. Lab sample # 7229-4-3; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 414203; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 414203