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
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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