IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Toccoa
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
89AL087001-pgm
User Pedon ID:
89AL087001-pgm
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
AU
Lab Pedon # -
S89AL-087-1
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
24314
Print Date:
12/11/2024
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:
32.4611111
Std. Longitude:
-85.8819444
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
Natural levee of the Tallapoosa River, near Franklin, 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:
Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, nonacid Typic udifluvents
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
representative pedon for component
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
PedonPC
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Toccoa
PSC -
25 to 100 cm.
Classificaton Date -
3/5/2009
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
tenth edition
Moisture Class -
udic
Moisture Subclass -
typic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Ochlockonee
Classificaton Date -
1/24/1989
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
0
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
slightly weathered, loamy alluvium derived from metamorphic, unspecified
Landscape:
alluvial plain
Landform:
natural levee
Slope Complexity:
complex
Runoff:
low
Drainage Class:
well
Flooding:
occasional flooding for brief periods
Ponding:
none ponding
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
1/24/1989 (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
ochric epipedon
0—43
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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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63
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Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) ; 72 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 8 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume well rounded quartz fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8987-1-1
A—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) ; 64 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 11 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 10 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; 5 percent by volume well rounded quartz fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 8987-1-2
C—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) ; 80 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 6 percent clay; massive; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 25 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; 5 percent by volume well rounded quartz fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8987-1-3
Bwb1—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) ; 48 percent sand; 35 percent silt; 17 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 25 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; 5 percent by volume well rounded quartz fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 8987-1-4
Bwb2—94 to 109 centimeters (37.0 to 42.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) ; 65 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 9 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 25 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; 5 percent by volume well rounded quartz fragments and 5 percent by volume charcoal fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 8987-1-5
Bwb3—109 to 150 centimeters (42.9 to 59.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) ; 35 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 20 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine faint pale brown (10YR 6/3) iron depletions; 25 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; 5 percent by volume well rounded quartz fragments and 5 percent by volume charcoal fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8987-1-6
C—150 to 165 centimeters (59.1 to 65.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) ; 84 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 3 percent clay; massive; very friable; 30 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; 5 percent by volume well rounded quartz fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # 8987-1-7