IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alaga
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 87AL109001-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 87AL109001-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S87AL-109-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24387
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 12 N
  • Range: 21 E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: SE1/4
  • Location Description: Pike County, AL; 700 feet north and 2,600 feet west of the southeast corner of sec. 3, T. 12 N., R. 21 E.; USGS China Grove, 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: Thermic, coated Typic quartzipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alaga
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/5/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alaga
  • Classificaton Date - 8/10/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, sandy marine deposits derived from metamorphic & sedimentary
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/10/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    0—15

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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

    6

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    183

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) ; 89 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 3 percent clay; single grain; loose; 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 8709-1-1
    C1—15 to 71 centimeters (5.9 to 28.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) ; 89 percent sand; 7 percent silt; 4 percent clay; single grain; loose; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8709-1-2
    C2—71 to 109 centimeters (28.0 to 42.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) ; 86 percent sand; 9 percent silt; 5 percent clay; single grain; loose; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent medium distinct very pale brown (10YR 8/3) iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8709-1-3
    C3—109 to 229 centimeters (42.9 to 90.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) ; 92 percent sand; 5 percent silt; 3 percent clay; single grain; loose; 20 percent medium distinct very pale brown (10YR 8/3) and white (10YR 8/1) iron depletions and 20 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3. Lab sample # 8709-1-4