IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Escambia
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1979AL099022
User Pedon ID:
79AL099022
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
79P0355
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
47088
Print Date:
11/23/2024
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:
31.2933331
Std. Longitude:
-87.6880569
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
4N
Range:
4E
Section:
20
PLSS Details:
409 meters W and 464 meters N of SE corner
Location Description:
1.6 km SE of Chrysler Al.
State:
Alabama
County:
AL099—Monroe
MLRA:
133A—Southern Coastal Plain
Regional Office:
7—Auburn, AL
PEDON
Describers Name:
Reeves and Brown
Current Taxonomic Class:
Coarse-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Plinthaquic Paleudults
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
classifies to current taxon name, full description
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
22
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Escambia
Classificaton Date -
2/1/2010
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
twelfth edition
Moisture Class -
udic
Moisture Subclass -
aquic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Escambia
Taxonomic Class -
Fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Plinthaquic Paleudu
Taxon Kind -
series
Classificaton Date -
7/1/1979
Moisture Class -
udic
Moisture SUBClass -
aquic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
intermontane basin
Landform:
terrace—stream or lake
Drainage Class:
somewhat poorly
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
22—282
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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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4
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1A p—0 to 22 centimeters (0.0 to 8.7 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior fine sandy loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01870. few medium distinct 10YR52 mottles
1B 21t—22 to 46 centimeters (8.7 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior fine sandy loam; 30 percent gray (10YR 5/1) medium distinct mottles; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01871. Gray mottles are Ap material mixed by roots and plowing.; few fine roots; many medium distinct 10YR51 mottles
1B 22t—46 to 70 centimeters (18.1 to 27.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior fine sandy loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; , moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01872. About 10 percent nodulat plinthite. Less than 5 percent quartz pebbles. Gray mottles are in old root channels.; few fine roots; few medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; few medium distinct 10YR51 mottles
1B 23t—70 to 107 centimeters (27.6 to 42.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) interior loam; weak coarse platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01873. Compact in 30 percent of volume. 25 percent nodular plinthite.; few medium roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 1109080; continuous - phpvsfiid 1109080
1B 24t—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior and red (2.5YR 4/8) interior clay loam; weak coarse angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 0.5 fine tubular pores; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # 79P01874. Compact in 20 percent of volume. 15 to 20 percent plinthite.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1109081; continuous - phpvsfiid 1109081
1B 25t—152 to 200 centimeters (59.8 to 78.7 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior clay loam; strong coarse angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine tubular pores; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # 79P01875. Gray mottles are clay.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1109082; continuous - phpvsfiid 1109082
1B 3t—200 to 282 centimeters (78.7 to 111.0 inches); light gray (N 7/0) interior clay; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent and 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; strong coarse angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # 79P01876. many medium prominent 7.5YR56 mottles; many medium prominent 10YR46 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 1109083; continuous - phpvsfiid 1109083
2C—282 to 360 centimeters (111.0 to 141.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior and light gray (N 7/0) interior sandy loam, sandy clay; massive; firm; fragments. Lab sample # 79P01877