IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Houlka
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 85AL011009-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 85AL011009-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S85AL-011-9
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24197
  • 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: 32.2116667
  • Std. Longitude: -85.7091667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14 N
  • Range: 23 E
  • Section: 3
  • Location Description: About 5.5 miles north of Union Springs, Bullock Co., AL; 1,100 feet south and 400 feet west of the northeast corner of sec. 3, T. 14 N., R. 23 E.; USGS Union Springs, 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 Chromic dystraquerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Houlka
  • 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 - Una
  • Classificaton Date - 4/25/1985
  • 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: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/25/1985 (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

    cambic horizon

    slickensides

    13—157

    20—157

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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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    97

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) ; 21 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 42 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 8511-9-1
    Bw—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) ; 26 percent sand; 34 percent silt; 40 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 fine roots; 25 percent distinct pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint brown (10YR 5/3) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8511-9-2
    Bssg1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) ; 42 percent sand; 29 percent silt; 29 percent clay; moderate coarse angular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 25 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8511-9-3
    Bssg2—33 to 104 centimeters (13.0 to 40.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) ; 36 percent sand; 29 percent silt; 36 percent clay; moderate coarse angular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 40 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 8511-9-4
    Bssg3—104 to 157 centimeters (40.9 to 61.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) ; 36 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 37 percent clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 40 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 10 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6. Lab sample # 8511-9-5