IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Conecuh
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 73AL081004-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 73AL081004-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S73AL-081-4
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24300
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 17 N
  • Range: 26 E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4, SW1/4
  • Location Description: Lee County, AL; about 2.3 miles southwest of Marvyn.
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL081—Lee
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL081—Lee County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, thermic Vertic paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Conecuh
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/21/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Boswell
  • Classificaton Date - 9/24/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, clayey marine deposits derived from metamorphic & sedimentary
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/24/1973 (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

    slickensides

    20—173

    63—173

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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

    2

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    167

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) ; 29 percent sand; 60 percent silt; 11 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 2.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 7381-4-1
    Bt1—20 to 48 centimeters (7.9 to 18.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) ; 17 percent sand; 42 percent silt; 41 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; distinct pressure faces on all faces of peds and 10 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 7381-4-2
    Bt2—48 to 63 centimeters (18.9 to 24.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) ; 21 percent sand; 34 percent silt; 45 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; distinct pressure faces on all faces of peds and 10 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent fine distinct red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine distinct gray (10YR 5/1) iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 7381-4-3
    Btss1—63 to 89 centimeters (24.8 to 35.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) ; 17 percent sand; 33 percent silt; 51 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; distinct pressure faces on all faces of peds and 10 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 10 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 7381-4-4
    Btss2—89 to 173 centimeters (35.0 to 68.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) ; 31 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 50 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; distinct pressure faces on all faces of peds and 10 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 30 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 25 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 7381-4-5
    C—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) ; massive; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 7381-4-6