IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Kipling
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
85AL011002-pgm
User Pedon ID:
85AL011002-pgm
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
AU
Lab Pedon # -
S85AL-011-2
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
24192
Print Date:
11/21/2024
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:
32.1750000
Std. Longitude:
-85.9286111
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
14 N
Range:
21 E
Section:
23
Location Description:
About 4 miles south of Fitzpatrick, Bullock Co., AL; 2,700 feet north and 400 feet east of the southwest corner of sec. 23, T. 14 N., R. 21 E.; USGS Fitzpatrick, AL 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, smectitic, thermic Vertic paleudalfs
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
representative pedon for component
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
PedonPC
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Kipling
PSC -
13 to 63 cm.
Classificaton Date -
3/5/2009
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
tenth edition
Moisture Class -
udic
Moisture Subclass -
aquic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Kipling
Classificaton Date -
6/18/1985
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
2
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
strongly weathered, clayey marine deposits derived from sedimentary, unspecified
Geomorphic Component Hills:
crest
Hill Slope Profile:
summit
Slope Complexity:
simple
Runoff:
high
Drainage Class:
somewhat poorly
Flooding:
none flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
6/18/1985 (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
argillic horizon
slickensides
13—165
43—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
2
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127
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Ap—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) ; 58 percent sand; 35 percent silt; 7 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 1 percent faint pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8511-2-1
EB—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) ; 54 percent sand; 34 percent silt; 12 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8511-2-2
Bt1—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) ; 21 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 43 percent clay; strong coarse subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 20 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8511-2-3. patchy - phpvsfiid 434251; patchy - phpvsfiid 434251
Bt2—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) ; 19 percent sand; 38 percent silt; 44 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; 5 percent fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) iron depletions and 10 percent medium distinct 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8511-2-4. patchy - phpvsfiid 434252; patchy - phpvsfiid 434252
Btss1—43 to 119 centimeters (16.9 to 46.9 inches); variegated red (2.5YR 4/8) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) ; 12 percent sand; 29 percent silt; 59 percent clay; moderate coarse angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 20 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8511-2-5
Btss2—119 to 140 centimeters (46.9 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) ; 18 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 51 percent clay; moderate coarse angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) iron depletions and 10 percent fine prominent red (2.5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8511-2-6
Btss3—140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) ; 15 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 53 percent clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 40 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine prominent red (2.5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # 8511-2-7