IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Maytag
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
89AL087004-pgm
User Pedon ID:
89AL087004-pgm
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
AU
Lab Pedon # -
S89AL-087-4
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
24316
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:
32.2525000
Std. Longitude:
-85.8730556
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
15 N
Range:
22 E
Section:
28
PLSS Details:
SW1/4, NW1/4
Location Description:
About 2.25 miles south-southwest of Hardaway; 300 feet east and 1,900 feet south of the northwest corner of sec. 28, T. 15 N., R. 22 E.; USGS Hardaway, 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, smectitic Oxyaquic hapluderts
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
representative pedon for component
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
PedonPC
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Maytag
PSC -
25 to 100 cm.
Classificaton Date -
3/5/2009
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
tenth edition
Moisture Class -
udic
Moisture Subclass -
oxyaquic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Maytag
Classificaton Date -
5/26/1989
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
2
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
moderately weathered, clayey marine deposits derived from chalk
Landscape:
upland
Landform:
ridge
Geomorphic Component Hills:
crest
Hill Slope Profile:
summit
Slope Complexity:
simple
Runoff:
high
Drainage Class:
moderately well
Flooding:
none flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
5/26/1989 (actual site observation date)
Air Photo ID:
Surface Water Kind:
none observed
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
crop cover
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
cambic horizon
slickensides
13—165
13—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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96
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Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) ; 2 percent sand; 57 percent silt; 42 percent clay; weak coarse cloddy, and weak medium granular structure; firm; 6.0 very coarse roots and 6.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8987-4-1
Bkss1—13 to 51 centimeters (5.1 to 20.1 inches); variegated 60 percent olive (5Y 5/3) and 40 percent olive (5Y 5/6) ; 10 percent sand; 39 percent silt; 51 percent clay; strong coarse angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine faint olive (5Y 5/3) iron depletions on faces of peds; 10 percent fine moderately coherent cemented carbonate concretions and 10 percent fine noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8987-4-2
Bkss2—51 to 91 centimeters (20.1 to 35.8 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) ; 10 percent sand; 38 percent silt; 52 percent clay; weak coarse angular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine faint olive (5Y 5/3) iron depletions on slickensides and 1 percent fine faint olive (5Y 4/4) masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent fine moderately coherent cemented carbonate concretions and 10 percent fine noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8987-4-3
Bkss3—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) ; 3 percent sand; 39 percent silt; 59 percent clay; weak coarse angular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 30 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 10 percent medium distinct olive (5Y 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine distinct gray (5Y 5/1) iron depletions on slickensides; 25 percent medium moderately coherent cemented carbonate concretions and 25 percent medium noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8987-4-4
Bkss4—122 to 165 centimeters (48.0 to 65.0 inches); variegated 30 percent pale olive (5Y 6/4) and 25 percent light gray (5Y 7/2) and 25 percent olive yellow (5Y 6/6) and 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) ; 4 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 60 percent clay; weak coarse angular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 15 percent medium moderately coherent cemented carbonate concretions and 15 percent medium noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # 8987-4-5