IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cowarts
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 84AL109023-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 84AL109023-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S84AL-109-23
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24383
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 11 N
  • Range: 21 E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4
  • Location Description: Pike County, AL; about 2 miles north of Needmore; 2,000 feet south and 1,900 feet west of the northeast corner of sec. 15, T. 11 N., r. 21 E.; USGS Needmore, 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: Fine-loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Typic kanhapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cowarts
  • PSC - 13 to 63 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/5/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cowarts
  • Classificaton Date - 1/11/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, loamy fluviomarine deposits derived from metamorphic & sedimentary
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/11/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • 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

    kandic horizon

    13—89

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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

    10

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    150

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly loamy sand; 79 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 7 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots; 20 percent by volume flat ironstone nodules fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 8409-3-1
    Bt1—13 to 43 centimeters (5.1 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; 58 percent sand; 12 percent silt; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume flat ironstone nodules fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8409-3-2. patchy - phpvsfiid 434455; patchy - phpvsfiid 434455
    Bt2—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) sandy clay; 56 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 36 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 20 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8409-3-3. patchy - phpvsfiid 434456; patchy - phpvsfiid 434456
    BC—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); variegated strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sandy clay loam; 61 percent sand; 7 percent silt; 32 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8409-3-4. patchy - phpvsfiid 434457; patchy - phpvsfiid 434457
    C—89 to 152 centimeters (35.0 to 59.8 inches); variegated brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and yellowish red (5YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; 65 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 27 percent clay; massive; firm; 25 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1. Lab sample # 8409-3-5