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: 11/11/2024

    • 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
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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