IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Malbis
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979AL099025
  • User Pedon ID: 79AL099025
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0358
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47091
  • 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: 31.2849998
  • Std. Longitude: -87.6102753
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 6 km SW of Palmers Crossroads 439 meters E and 397 meters S of NW corner
  • Location Description: Monroe County, Alabama.
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL099—Monroe
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Reeves and J. 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 #: 25
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Malbis
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • 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

  • Landscape: upland
  • 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 - crop cover
  • 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

    21—225

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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

    79

    1Ap—0 to 21 centimeters (0.0 to 8.3 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01896. 2 percent nodules of ironstone.; common fine roots
    1B21t—21 to 48 centimeters (8.3 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; 11 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) medium distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01897. common fine roots; common medium distinct 10YR41 mottles
    1B22t—48 to 87 centimeters (18.9 to 34.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01898. 2 to 5 percent nodules of ironstone.; common fine roots
    1B23t—80 to 110 centimeters (31.5 to 43.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01899. 2 percent nodular plinthite.; few fine roots; common medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles
    1B25t—110 to 135 centimeters (43.3 to 53.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and light gray (10YR 7/2) interior sandy clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # 79P01900. 17 percent nodular plinthite and about 5 percent nodules of ironstone.
    2B25t—135 to 219 centimeters (53.1 to 86.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior and light gray (10YR 7/1) interior and red (2.5YR 4/6) interior sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # 79P01901. 25 percent nodular plinthite.
    2B26t—219 to 255 centimeters (86.2 to 100.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior and light gray (10YR 7/1) interior and red (2.5YR 4/6) interior sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01902. 15 percent nodular plinthite.
    2C1—255 to 295 centimeters (100.4 to 116.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior loamy sand; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 11 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) coarse distinct mottles; single grain; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01903. Light gray mottles are pockets of sandy clay material 2 to 6 cm in size.; few medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; common coarse distinct 10YR71 mottles
    2C2—295 to 350 centimeters (116.1 to 137.8 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8) interior sandy loam; 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) coarse distinct and 11 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) medium distinct mottles; single grain; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 79P01904. Light gray mottles are pockets of sandy clay material 2 to 6 cm in size.; common medium distinct 7.5YR66 mottles; few coarse distinct 10YR71 mottles