IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Urbo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 85AL011007-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 85AL011007-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S85AL-011-7
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24195
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 32.1925000
  • Std. Longitude: -85.8755556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14 N
  • Range: 22 E
  • Section: 18
  • Location Description: About 2 miles south of Fitzpatrick, Bullock Co., AL; 1,500 feet north and 1,200 feet west of the southeast corner of sec. 18, T. 14 N., R. 22 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, acid, thermic Vertic epiaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Urbo
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/5/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Urbo
  • Classificaton Date - 5/10/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: moderately weathered, clayey alluvium derived from sedimentary, unspecified
  • Landscape: alluvial plain
  • Landform: backswamp
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/10/1985 (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 - hardwoods
  • 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

    cambic horizon

    38—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

    0.5

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    100

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) ; 19 percent sand; 33 percent silt; 48 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; firm; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 1 percent fine faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8511-7-1
    A2—10 to 38 centimeters (3.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) ; 45 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 30 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 1 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron on surfaces along root channels and 10 percent coarse distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8511-7-2
    Bg1—38 to 69 centimeters (15.0 to 27.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) ; 33 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 36 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent coarse distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8511-7-3
    Bg2—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) ; 29 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 42 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent coarse distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8511-7-4
    Bg3—94 to 165 centimeters (37.0 to 65.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) ; 48 percent sand; 18 percent silt; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent faint slickensides (pedogenic); 10 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3. Lab sample # 8511-7-5