IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Luverne
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990AL131002
  • User Pedon ID: 90AL131002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1990AL131002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0893
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62826
  • 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: 31.8724995
  • Std. Longitude: -87.2447205
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: about 2 kilometers S of Fatama Fire Tower; NW1/4
  • Location Description: Wilcox County, AL. Nadawah 7.5 feet USGS
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL131—Wilcox
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G. Martin, G. Brannon, G. Hickman, W. Lynn, Christ
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, mixed, semiactive, thermic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Luverne
  • PSC - 15 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Luverne
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, mixed, thermic Typic Hapludult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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

    0—15

    15—137

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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

    6

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    119

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    0

    150

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    18

    24

    11

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P05310. many very fine and fine roots throughout
    Bt1—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout and 2.5 medium and coarse roots throughout; faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P05311. common very fine and fine roots throughout; common medium and coarse roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 225802; patchy - phpvsfiid 225802
    Bt2—38 to 69 centimeters (15.0 to 27.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) fine and medium prominent mottles; medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; distinct dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P05312. few fine and medium roots throughout; few fine and medium prominent 10YR71 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 225803; continuous - phpvsfiid 225803
    Bt3—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 11 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) fine and medium prominent mottles; coarse prismatic, and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; distinct dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P05313. thin platy structure (relict rock structure) is evident within prisms; few fine roots throughout; few fine distinct 10YR56 mottles; common fine and medium prominent 10YR71 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 225804; continuous - phpvsfiid 225804
    Bt4—94 to 137 centimeters (37.0 to 53.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior clay loam; 30 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) coarse distinct mottles; coarse prismatic, and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; prominent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P05314. thin platy structure (relict rock structure) is evident within prisms; few fine roots between peds; many coarse distinct 2.5Y72 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 225805; continuous - phpvsfiid 225805
    BC—137 to 155 centimeters (53.9 to 61.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) interior clay loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; coarse prismatic, and thin platy structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots between peds; prominent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P05315. thin platy structure (relict rock structure) is evident withi prisms; few fine roots between peds; common fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 225806; continuous - phpvsfiid 225806
    C2—155 to 170 centimeters (61.0 to 66.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine sandy loam; friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P05316. few thin horizontal strata of 10YR 7/1 clay; black stains (MnO2) at lower boundary
    C2—170 to 262 centimeters (66.9 to 103.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and brown (7.5YR 5/2) clay, fine sandy loam; platy structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P05317. not sampled
    C3—262 to 295 centimeters (103.1 to 116.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and reddish brown (5YR 4/3) sandy loam, sandy clay loam; platy structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P05317
    C4—295 to 318 centimeters (116.1 to 125.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) fine sandy loam; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) coarse distinct mottles; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 90P05318. black stains (MnO2) at lower boundary; few coarse distinct 10YR66 mottles