IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Masada
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981AL101001
  • User Pedon ID: 81AL101001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0360
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49204
  • 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: 32.4044456
  • Std. Longitude: -86.0466690
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Montgomery County, Alabama, Mount Meigs 15 min. quadrangle, Tallapoosa River.
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL101—Montgomery
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Hurt, C. Stubbs
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, mixed, semiactive, thermic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Masada
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Masada
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, mixed, thermic Typic Hapludult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1981 (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
    • 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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    1Ap—0 to 22 centimeters (0.0 to 8.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; massive, and weak medium granular; very friable; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P01900. common fine roots
    1B21t—22 to 66 centimeters (8.7 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds and distinct , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P01901. Divided at 47 cm for sampling purposes.; common fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 214931; patchy - phpvsfiid 214932; patchy - phpvsfiid 214931; patchy - phpvsfiid 214932
    1B22t—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay; 11 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium faint and 11 percent black (10YR 2/1) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 fine roots and 0.2 roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds and faint , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P01903. Black mottles are manganese.; common fine roots; very few to few roots; common medium faint 10YR66 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR21 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214933; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214934; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214933; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214934
    1B23t—89 to 161 centimeters (35.0 to 63.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium distinct and 11 percent black (10YR 2/1) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 2.5 fine tubular pores; distinct , moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and distinct , moist, clay films on horizontal faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P01904. Black mottles are manganese. Divided at 123 cm for sampling purposes.; few fine and medium mica flakes concentrations; few fine roots; common medium distinct 10YR63 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR21 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 214827; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214828; continuous - phpvsfiid 214827; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 214828
    1B3—161 to 190 centimeters (63.4 to 74.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine and medium mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P01906. common fine and medium mica flakes concentrations
    2C—190 to 215 centimeters (74.8 to 84.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and white (10YR 8/1) interior very gravelly sand; fragments. Lab sample # 81P01907