IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Yonges
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 90AL091003-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 90AL091003-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S90AL-091-3
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24349
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 32.3555556
  • Std. Longitude: -87.6647222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16 N
  • Range: 4 E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: SE1/4
  • Location Description: Marengo County, AL; 800 feet west and 1,000 feet north of the southeast corner of sec. 15, T. 16 N., R. 4 E.; USGS Thomaston West, AL topographic quadrangle.
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL091—Marengo
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL091—Marengo County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, thermic Typic endoaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Yonges
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/4/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Yonges
  • Classificaton Date - 11/27/1989
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/27/1989 (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 - 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—152

    18—132

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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

    0.5

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    47

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    Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) ; 43 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 21 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 9091-3-1
    Eg—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) ; 53 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 20 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; 10 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 9091-3-2
    Btg1—18 to 53 centimeters (7.1 to 20.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) ; 49 percent sand; 24 percent silt; 27 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent coarse prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 9091-3-3. patchy - phpvsfiid 434414; patchy - phpvsfiid 434414
    Btg2—53 to 94 centimeters (20.9 to 37.0 inches); light gray (5Y 7/1) ; 40 percent sand; 24 percent silt; 37 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent coarse prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9091-3-4. patchy - phpvsfiid 434415; patchy - phpvsfiid 434415
    Btg3—94 to 132 centimeters (37.0 to 52.0 inches); light gray (5Y 7/1) ; 37 percent sand; 24 percent silt; 39 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent coarse prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9091-3-5. patchy - phpvsfiid 434416; patchy - phpvsfiid 434416
    Cg—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) ; 38 percent sand; 24 percent silt; 38 percent clay; massive; firm; 10 percent coarse prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9. Lab sample # 9091-3-6