IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Orangeburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 87AL109006-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 87AL109006-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S87AL-109-6
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24392
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 9 N
  • Range: 22 E
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4
  • Location Description: Pike County, AL; 1,900 feet east and 2,200 feet south of the northwest corner of sec. 33, T. 9 N., R. 22 E.; USGS Brundidge, 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: Fine-loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Typic kandiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Orangeburg
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/5/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Orangeburg
  • Classificaton Date - 10/6/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, fine-loamy marine deposits derived from metamorphic & sedimentary
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/6/1981 (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 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) ; 67 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 8 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 8709-6-1
    Bt1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) ; 53 percent sand; 24 percent silt; 23 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8709-6-2. patchy - phpvsfiid 434471; patchy - phpvsfiid 434471
    Bt2—33 to 74 centimeters (13.0 to 29.1 inches); 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) ; 50 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 31 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 fine roots; 20 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8709-6-3. patchy - phpvsfiid 434472; patchy - phpvsfiid 434472
    Bt3—74 to 124 centimeters (29.1 to 48.8 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8) ; 53 percent sand; 13 percent silt; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 20 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8709-6-4. patchy - phpvsfiid 434473; patchy - phpvsfiid 434473
    Bt4—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8) ; 59 percent sand; 12 percent silt; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # 8709-6-5. patchy - phpvsfiid 434474; patchy - phpvsfiid 434474