IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BAMA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982AL001002
  • User Pedon ID: 82AL001002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1982AL001002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0398
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50635
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 32.4886093
  • Std. Longitude: -86.4694443
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18N
  • Range: 16E
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4 SW1/4 SW1/4
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL001—Autauga
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL001—Autauga County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Brown and Stubbs
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Typic Paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - BAMA
  • PSC - 12 to 62 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bama
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Typic Paleudult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/24/1982
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/24/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PIPA2

    Pinus palustris

    longleaf pine

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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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    Ap—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 30 percent organic stains; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 82P02043. Abundance of active fire ant cavities.
    Bt1—12 to 40 centimeters (4.7 to 15.7 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 tubular pores; distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P02044. Tubular pores are abandoned root channels; common active fire ant cavities.; patchy - phpvsfiid 186518; patchy - phpvsfiid 186518
    Bt2—40 to 86 centimeters (15.7 to 33.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P02045. patchy - phpvsfiid 186519; patchy - phpvsfiid 186519
    Bt3—86 to 140 centimeters (33.9 to 55.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 tubular pores; distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P02046. Tubular pores are abandoned root channels; few rotten quartz pebbles less than 1 inch in diameter.; continuous - phpvsfiid 186520; continuous - phpvsfiid 186520
    Bt4—140 to 280 centimeters (55.1 to 110.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium prominent and 3 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium prominent mottles; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 tubular pores; faint clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent black stains; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P02047. Pores are abandoned root channels.; patchy - phpvsfiid 186521; patchy - phpvsfiid 186521
    Bt5—280 to 430 centimeters (110.2 to 169.3 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; 3 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium prominent and 3 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; faint clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P02048. patchy - phpvsfiid 186523; patchy - phpvsfiid 186523
    2C—430 to 530 centimeters (169.3 to 208.7 inches); yellow (10YR 8/6) and red (2.5YR 5/6) and gray (N 6/0) stratified loamy sand; firm; 1 percent mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P02049
    3C—530 to 900 centimeters (208.7 to 354.3 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Error; very firm; 65 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 82P02050. Few rotten gray and light gray pebbles.