IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Minter
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 84AL011004-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 84AL011004-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S84AL-011-4
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24182
  • 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: 32.2183333
  • Std. Longitude: -85.6858333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14 N
  • Range: 24 E
  • Section: 5
  • Location Description: About 3.5 miles northeast of Sedgefield on CR 115; about 1,800 feet north and 1,600 feet east of the southwest corner of sec. 5, T. 14 N., R. 24 E., Bullock County, AL; USGS Union Springs topographic quadrangle.
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL011—Bullock
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL011—Bullock County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, thermic Typic endoaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Minter
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/5/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Minter
  • Classificaton Date - 10/29/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, clayey alluvium derived from sedimentary, unspecified
  • Landscape: alluvial plain
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/29/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

    33—165

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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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    110

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) ; 43 percent sand; 39 percent silt; 18 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 8411-4-1
    A—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) ; 43 percent sand; 39 percent silt; 18 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 25 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 8411-4-2
    Eg—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) ; 55 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 14 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8411-4-3
    Btg1—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) ; 37 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 36 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8411-4-4. patchy - phpvsfiid 434224; patchy - phpvsfiid 434224
    Btg2—43 to 76 centimeters (16.9 to 29.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) ; 34 percent sand; 23 percent silt; 43 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8411-4-5. patchy - phpvsfiid 434225; patchy - phpvsfiid 434225
    Btg3—76 to 135 centimeters (29.9 to 53.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) ; 35 percent sand; 24 percent silt; 41 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8411-4-6. patchy - phpvsfiid 434226; patchy - phpvsfiid 434226
    Btg4—135 to 165 centimeters (53.1 to 65.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) ; 37 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 38 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 30 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4. Lab sample # 8411-4-7. patchy - phpvsfiid 434227; patchy - phpvsfiid 434227