IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fuquay
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 87AL109003-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 87AL109003-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S87AL-109-3
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24389
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 8 N
  • Range: 22 E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4
  • Location Description: Pike County, AL; 1,400 feet east and 2,200 feet south of the northwest corner of sec. 31, T. 8 N., R. 22 E.; USGS Brundidge NW, 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, kaolinitic, thermic Arenic plinthic kandiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fuquay
  • PSC - 74 to 124 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/5/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fuquay
  • Classificaton Date - 12/3/1981
  • 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 over strongly weathered, loamy marine deposits derived from metamorphic & sedimentary
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/3/1981 (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

    kandic horizon

    plinthite

    91—165

    91—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

    1

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    142

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) ; 85 percent sand; 12 percent silt; 4 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 8709-3-1
    E—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) ; 81 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 5 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 8709-3-2
    EB—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) ; 79 percent sand; 13 percent silt; 8 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 8709-3-3
    Bt—74 to 91 centimeters (29.1 to 35.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) ; 77 percent sand; 13 percent silt; 11 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8709-3-4. patchy - phpvsfiid 434460; patchy - phpvsfiid 434460
    Btv1—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); variegated brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) ; 72 percent sand; 11 percent silt; 17 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 20 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium plinthite nodules; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8709-3-5. patchy - phpvsfiid 434461; patchy - phpvsfiid 434461
    Btv2—122 to 140 centimeters (48.0 to 55.1 inches); variegated strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and red (2.5YR 4/8) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) ; 69 percent sand; 12 percent silt; 20 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 20 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium plinthite nodules; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8709-3-6. patchy - phpvsfiid 434462; patchy - phpvsfiid 434462
    Btv3—140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) ; 65 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 27 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium plinthite nodules and 10 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # 8709-3-7. patchy - phpvsfiid 434463; patchy - phpvsfiid 434463