IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wilcox
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988AL119001
  • User Pedon ID: 88AL119001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1988AL119001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0928
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61046
  • 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: 32.3650017
  • Std. Longitude: -88.1111145
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet north and 700 feet east of the SW corner
  • Location Description: About 6 miles south of Bellamy.
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL119—Sumter
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dewayne Williams, George Martin, Glenn Hickman, Be
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wilcox
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Aquentic Chromuderts
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: with <10
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PITA

    Pinus taeda

    loblolly pine

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    cambic horizon

    0—13

    13—48

    48—155

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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

    2

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    52

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    75

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay; 42 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine and medium spherical ironstone nodules; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P05005; moist when described;. few fine and medium ironstone nodules concentrations; common medium roots throughout; common fine roots throughout
    Bt1—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; 55 percent clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct and 30 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine and medium distinct mottles; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores and 37 percent distinct , moist, pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium spherical ironstone nodules; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P05006; moist when described;. few fine and medium ironstone nodules concentrations; common pressure faces surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common fine roots throughout; common medium roots throughout; common fine and medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; many fine and medium distinct 10YR51 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 223587; patchy - phpvsfiid 223588; patchy - phpvsfiid 223587; patchy - phpvsfiid 223588
    Bt2—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; 55 percent clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct and 11 percent gray (10YR 5/1) medium and coarse distinct mottles; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores and 37 percent distinct , moist, pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium spherical ironstone nodules; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P05007; moist when described;. few fine and medium ironstone nodules concentrations; common pressure faces surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common fine roots throughout; common medium roots throughout; common fine and medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; common medium and coarse distinct 10YR51 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 223589; patchy - phpvsfiid 223590; patchy - phpvsfiid 223589; patchy - phpvsfiid 223590
    Bw1—48 to 97 centimeters (18.9 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay; 65 percent clay; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) fine distinct and 11 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) fine and medium prominent and 11 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine and medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse and very coarse angular blocky, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 55 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P05008; moist when described;. Rock fragments at the upper boundary. Slickenside faces are large, polished, and grooved. Faces are 1 to 2 inches apart and are nearly parallel.; many intersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; few medium roots throughout; common fine roots throughout; few fine distinct 10YR68 mottles; common fine and medium prominent 2.5YR46 mottles; common fine and medium prominent 5YR58 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 223591; continuous - phpvsfiid 223591
    Bw2—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay; 65 percent clay; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine and medium prominent and 11 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) fine and medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse and very coarse angular blocky, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 55 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 1 percent medium and coarse spherical ironstone nodules; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P05009; moist when described;. Slickenside faces are large, polished, and grooved. Faces are 1 to 2 inches apart and are nearly parallel; few medium and coarse ironstone nodules concentrations; many intersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout; common fine and medium prominent 7.5YR56 mottles; common fine and medium prominent 2.5YR48 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 223592; continuous - phpvsfiid 223592
    Bw3—122 to 155 centimeters (48.0 to 61.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay; 60 percent clay; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) fine and medium prominent and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine and medium faint and 11 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine and medium prominent mottles; weak coarse and very coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 55 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P05010; moist when described;. Shale fragments are rounded and are throughout the horizon.; many intersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; few very fine and fine roots throughout; few fine and medium prominent 2.5YR46 mottles; common fine and medium faint 10YR58 mottles; common fine and medium prominent 2.5Y52 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 223593; continuous - phpvsfiid 223593
    B/C—155 to 175 centimeters (61.0 to 68.9 inches); 40 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and 60 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) very channery clay; 60 percent clay; 11 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) fine and medium distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium and coarse distinct and 11 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) medium and coarse faint mottles; extremely firm*, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots in cracks; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P05011; moist when described;. C material consists of rounded, weathered shale surrounded by clayey B material. Dark brown stains are on surfaces of most fragments.; few very fine and fine roots in cracks; common fine and medium distinct 2.5YR44 mottles; common medium and coarse distinct 10YR58 mottles; common medium and coarse faint 2.5YR54 mottles
    C/B—175 to 203 centimeters (68.9 to 79.9 inches); 30 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and 70 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) extremely channery clay; 60 percent clay; 11 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine and medium distinct and 11 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium and coarse distinct mottles; extremely firm*, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P05012; moist when described;. C material consists of rounded and angular shale fragments with clayey B material in cracks. Brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and dark brown (7.5YR 4/4) stains are on surface of most fragments; few fine roots in cracks; common fine and medium distinct 7.5YR44 mottles; common medium and coarse distinct 10YR68 mottles