IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Iuka
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 84AL109010-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 84AL109010-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S84AL-109-10
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24382
  • Print Date: 4/25/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 9 N
  • Range: 21 E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4
  • Location Description: Pike County, AL; 700 feet south and 3,400 feet west of the northeast corner of sec. 23, T. 9 N., R. 21 E.; USGS Goshen, AL topographic quadrangle.
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL109—Pike
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL109—Pike County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, active, nonacid, thermic Aquic udifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Iuka
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/5/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Iuka
  • Classificaton Date - 11/7/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slightly weathered, coarse-loamy alluvium derived from sedimentary, unspecified
  • Landscape: alluvial plain
  • Landform: natural levee
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/7/1983 (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 -
    • 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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) ; 78 percent sand; 11 percent silt; 11 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots; 10 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 8409-0-1
    C1—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) ; 94 percent sand; 2 percent silt; 4 percent clay; single grain; loose; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 5 percent medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) iron depletions and 10 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8409-0-2
    C2—46 to 81 centimeters (18.1 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) ; 44 percent sand; 29 percent silt; 27 percent clay; massive; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8409-0-3
    C3—81 to 114 centimeters (31.9 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) ; 81 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 11 percent clay; massive; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 20 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 30 percent medium distinct very pale brown (10YR 7/4) and light gray (10YR 7/2) iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8409-0-4
    Cg1—114 to 130 centimeters (44.9 to 51.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) ; 65 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 15 percent clay; massive; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8409-0-5
    Cg2—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) ; 52 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 17 percent clay; massive; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6. Lab sample # 8409-0-6