IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Myatt
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 88AL087001-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 88AL087001-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S88AL-087-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24312
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024
  • 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: 32.4727778
  • Std. Longitude: -85.7561111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17 N
  • Range: 23 E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4
  • Location Description: About 1.0 mile south-southeast of Simmons Chapel Church; 2,400 feet east and 200 feet south of the northwest corner of sec. 9, T. 17 N., R. 23 E.; Macon County, AL; USGS LaPlace, AL topographic quadrangle.
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL087—Macon
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL087—Macon County, Alabama
  • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive Typic endoaquults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Myatt
  • PSC - 15 to 55 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/5/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Myatt
  • Classificaton Date - 7/19/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, loamy alluvium derived from sedimentary, unspecified
  • Landscape: alluvial plain
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/19/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • 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

    aquic conditions

    argillic horizon

    0—165

    15—140

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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

    77

    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) ; 37 percent sand; 43 percent silt; 20 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 6.0 very fine roots and 6.0 fine roots; 5 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron on surfaces along root channels and 10 percent coarse distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) iron depletions; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8887-1-1
    Btg1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) ; 39 percent sand; 37 percent silt; 24 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron on surfaces along root channels and 10 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8887-1-2. patchy - phpvsfiid 414344; patchy - phpvsfiid 414344
    Btg2—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) ; 34 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 30 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 8887-1-3. patchy - phpvsfiid 414345; patchy - phpvsfiid 414345
    Btg3—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) ; 29 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 35 percent clay; strong coarse prismatic, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent coarse prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 8887-1-4. continuous - phpvsfiid 414346; continuous - phpvsfiid 414346
    Btg4—76 to 127 centimeters (29.9 to 50.0 inches); variegated 70 percent gray (10YR 5/1) and 30 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) ; 24 percent sand; 33 percent silt; 43 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 8887-1-5. continuous - phpvsfiid 414347; continuous - phpvsfiid 414347
    Btg5—127 to 140 centimeters (50.0 to 55.1 inches); variegated 50 percent gray (10YR 5/1) and 50 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) ; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8887-1-6. patchy - phpvsfiid 414348; patchy - phpvsfiid 414348
    BC—140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) ; 31 percent sand; 34 percent silt; 35 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 15 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron; 25 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # 8887-1-7