IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Bonifay
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
87AL109002-pgm
User Pedon ID:
87AL109002-pgm
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
AU
Lab Pedon # -
S87AL-109-2
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
24388
Print Date:
11/26/2024
LOCATION
Township:
9 N
Range:
19 E
Section:
26
PLSS Details:
NE1/4
Location Description:
Pike County, AL; 300 feet west and 2,000 feet south of the northeast corner of sec. 26, T. 9 N., R. 19 E.; USGS Goshen, 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:
Loamy, siliceous, subactive, thermic Grossarenic plinthic paleudults
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
representative pedon for component
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
PedonPC
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Bonifay
PSC -
145 to 195 cm.
Classificaton Date -
3/5/2009
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
tenth edition
Moisture Class -
udic
Moisture Subclass -
typic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Bonifay
Classificaton Date -
9/23/1982
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 over strongly weathered, loamy marine deposits derived from metamorphic & sedimentary
Landscape:
coastal plain
Landform:
ridge
Geomorphic Component Hills:
interfluve
Hill Slope Profile:
summit
Slope Complexity:
simple
Runoff:
low
Drainage Class:
somewhat excessively
Flooding:
none flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
9/23/1982 (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
argillic horizon
plinthite
145—203
145—203
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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
3
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107
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Ap—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) ; 85 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 5 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 8709-2-1
E1—30 to 127 centimeters (11.8 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) ; 82 percent sand; 12 percent silt; 6 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; loose; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8709-2-2
E2—127 to 145 centimeters (50.0 to 57.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) ; 87 percent sand; 9 percent silt; 5 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; loose; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8709-2-3
Btv1—145 to 173 centimeters (57.1 to 68.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) ; 79 percent sand; 7 percent silt; 14 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium plinthite nodules; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8709-2-4. patchy - phpvsfiid 434458; patchy - phpvsfiid 434458
Btv2—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) ; 74 percent sand; 5 percent silt; 21 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium plinthite nodules; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # 8709-2-5. patchy - phpvsfiid 434459; patchy - phpvsfiid 434459