IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vaiden
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 90AL131003-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 90AL131003-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S90AL-131-3
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24443
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 32.0998528
  • Std. Longitude: -87.4975722
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13 N
  • Range: 6 E
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: SE1/4, NW1/4
  • Location Description: About 2 miles south-southwest of Prairie, Wilcox Co., AL; 2,300 feet south and 1,600 feet east of the northwest corner of sec. 13, T. 13 N., R. 6 E.; USGS Lee Long Bridge, AL topographic quadrangle.
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL131—Wilcox
  • MLRA: 135A—Alabama and Mississippi Blackland Prairie
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL131—Wilcox County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, thermic Aquic dystruderts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Vaiden
  • PSC - 13 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/4/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vaiden
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, clayey marine deposits derived from chalk
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) ; 15 percent sand; 34 percent silt; 51 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 1 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 9031-3-1
    Btss1—13 to 46 centimeters (5.1 to 18.1 inches); 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 30 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and 30 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) ; 11 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 59 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9031-3-2
    Btss2—46 to 84 centimeters (18.1 to 33.1 inches); 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 30 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 20 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 20 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) ; 11 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 62 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 30 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9031-3-3
    Bss1—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 30 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) ; 10 percent sand; 29 percent silt; 61 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 40 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 5 percent fine noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9031-3-4
    Bss2—107 to 117 centimeters (42.1 to 46.1 inches); 40 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 40 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) and 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) ; 10 percent sand; 29 percent silt; 61 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky, and moderate very coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 40 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic); 5 percent fine noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9031-3-5
    Bkss—117 to 178 centimeters (46.1 to 70.1 inches); 55 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) and 45 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) ; 8 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 65 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky, and weak very coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 60 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic); 5 percent fine noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; 10 percent medium spherical carbonate nodules and 10 percent medium noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # 9031-3-6