IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ariel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981MS107006
  • User Pedon ID: 81MS107006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0841
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50235
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 34.2872238
  • Std. Longitude: -89.8458328
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9S
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 575 feet N of SW corner and 160 feet E of NE 1/4 SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Panola County, MS.
  • State: Mississippi
  • County: MS107—Panola
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. M. Morris and W. M. Koos
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ariel
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed Fluventic Dystrochrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P05058. few fine roots
    1Bw1—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P05059. Few pockets of thin strata representing 5 percent of volume.; few fine roots
    1Bw2—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; 11 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P05060. Few pockets of very thin strata representing about 5 percent of the volume.; few fine roots; common medium distinct 10YR63 mottles
    1Bw3—51 to 94 centimeters (20.1 to 37.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P05061. few fine roots; common medium faint 10YR54 mottles
    1Bw4—94 to 119 centimeters (37.0 to 46.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent dark concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P05062. Light brownish gray 10YR 6/2.; few dark concretions concentrations; few fine roots
    1B/Eb—119 to 147 centimeters (46.9 to 57.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior silt loam; very friable; brittle; 15 percent , moist, clay films; 11 percent dark concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P05063. Compact, common fine voids.; common dark concretions concentrations; few clay films surface features; patchy - phpvsfiid 215156; patchy - phpvsfiid 215156
    1Btxb1—147 to 168 centimeters (57.9 to 66.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine and medium dark concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 81P05064. Compact in about 40 to 50 percent volume. Common fine voids. Light brownish gray 10YR 6/2 silt loam seams 1/2 to 1 inch wide.; common fine and medium dark concretions concentrations; patchy - phpvsfiid 215157; patchy - phpvsfiid 215157
    1Btxb2—168 to 191 centimeters (66.1 to 75.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; 11 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine and medium dark concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 81P05065. Compact in about 40 to 50 percent of volume. Common fine voids.; common fine and medium dark concretions concentrations; common medium distinct 10YR72 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 215158; patchy - phpvsfiid 215158