IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Vaiden
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
87AL105001-pgm
User Pedon ID:
87AL105001-pgm
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
AU
Lab Pedon # -
S87AL-105-1
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
24373
Print Date:
12/4/2024
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:
32.4936111
Std. Longitude:
-87.3802778
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
18 N
Range:
7 E
Section:
33
Location Description:
About 2 miles west of Vaiden, Perry Co., AL; 1,250 feet south and 2,400 feet west of the northeast corner of sec. 33, T. 18 N., R. 7 E.; USGS Uniontown East, AL topographic quadrangle.
State:
Alabama
County:
AL105—Perry
MLRA:
135A—Alabama and Mississippi Blackland Prairie
Regional Office:
7—Auburn, AL
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
AL105—Perry County, Alabama
PEDON
Current Taxonomic Class:
Very-fine, smectitic, thermic Aquic dystruderts
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
representative pedon for component
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
PedonPC
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Vaiden
PSC -
25 to 100 cm.
Classificaton Date -
3/4/2009
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
tenth edition
Moisture Class -
udic
Moisture Subclass -
aquic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Vaiden
Classificaton Date -
4/22/1987
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
strongly weathered, clayey marine deposits derived from chalk
Landscape:
upland
Landform:
ridge
Geomorphic Component Hills:
crest
Hill Slope Profile:
summit
Slope Complexity:
simple
Slope Shape Across:
linear
Slope Shape Down:
linear
Runoff:
high
Drainage Class:
somewhat poorly
Flooding:
none flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
4/22/1987 (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
slickensides
15—183
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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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67
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Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) ; 10 percent sand; 39 percent silt; 51 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 8705-1-1
Btss1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) ; 4 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 68 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and strong fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 4.0 fine roots between peds; 5 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 10 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 10 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8705-1-2
Btss2—30 to 58 centimeters (11.8 to 22.8 inches); 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 25 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and 25 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) ; 4 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 69 percent clay; moderate coarse angular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 5 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 40 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8705-1-3
Bss1—58 to 102 centimeters (22.8 to 40.2 inches); 35 percent gray (10YR 6/1) and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 15 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) ; 5 percent sand; 33 percent silt; 62 percent clay; moderate very coarse angular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 40 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8705-1-4
Bss2—102 to 147 centimeters (40.2 to 57.9 inches); 30 percent olive (5Y 5/4) and 30 percent gray (5Y 6/1) and 20 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) ; 4 percent sand; 48 percent silt; 48 percent clay; weak very coarse angular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 50 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8705-1-5
Bkss—147 to 183 centimeters (57.9 to 72.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) ; 6 percent sand; 52 percent silt; 42 percent clay; weak very coarse angular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 40 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese nodules and 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and olive (5Y 5/4) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium distinct gray (5Y 6/1) iron depletions; 10 percent medium noncoherent cemented carbonate masses and 5 percent medium carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # 8705-1-6