IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Malbis
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979AL099021
  • User Pedon ID: 79AL099021
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0354
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47087
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 31.3022213
  • Std. Longitude: -87.5566635
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 805 meters W and 15 meters S of NE corner
  • Location Description: 0.5 km NW of Palmers Crossroads.
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL099—Monroe
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Reeves and Brown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, subactive, thermic Plinthic Paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 21
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Malbis
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Malbis
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Plinthic Paleudult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1979
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: upland slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

    23—184

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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

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    107

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    1A1—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01861. many fine roots
    1B21t—23 to 49 centimeters (9.1 to 19.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01862. common fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 214243; patchy - phpvsfiid 214243
    1B22t—49 to 83 centimeters (19.3 to 32.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01863. 2 percent nodular plinthite.; few fine roots
    1B23t—83 to 108 centimeters (32.7 to 42.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct and 11 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; brittle; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01864. 17 percent nodular plinthite.; few fine roots; common medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR64 mottles
    1B24t—108 to 184 centimeters (42.5 to 72.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior and light gray (10YR 7/1) interior sandy clay loam; weak coarse platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01865. 8 percent nodular plinthite.; few fine roots
    2C1—184 to 290 centimeters (72.4 to 114.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) interior and dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior sandy clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # 79P01866. White material 79P1868 and red material 79P1869 subsampled separately.; few medium distinct 10YR56 mottles
    2C2—290 to 360 centimeters (114.2 to 141.7 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior sandy clay loam; 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) coarse distinct mottles; massive; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # 79P01867. few coarse distinct 10YR71 mottles
    2C3—360 to 490 centimeters (141.7 to 192.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior sandy clay loam; massive; friable; 1 percent dark concretions; fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Not sampled.; few very fine and fine dark concretions concentrations
    2C4—490 to 540 centimeters (192.9 to 212.6 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior sandy clay loam; 11 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; friable; fragments; diffuse irregular boundary. Not sampled.; common medium distinct 10YR61 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR56 mottles
    2C5—540 centimeters (212.6 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior sandy clay loam; massive; friable; fragments. Not sampled.