IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Springhill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 91AL087001-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 91AL087001-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S91AL-087-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24318
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 32.4950000
  • Std. Longitude: -85.9488889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16 N
  • Range: 22 E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4
  • Location Description: 1,470 feet east and 1,000 feet north of the southwest corner of section 9, T. 16 N., R. 22 E.; 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: Fine-loamy, siliceous, subactive Typic hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Springhill
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/5/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Springhill
  • Classificaton Date - 5/14/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, loamy fluviomarine deposits derived from sedimentary, unspecified
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/14/1991 (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 - other grass/herbaceous 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

    argillic horizon

    15—196

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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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    107

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) ; 80 percent sand; 18 percent silt; 2 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 9187-1-1; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) ; 53 percent sand; 24 percent silt; 24 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9187-1-2; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 414366; patchy - phpvsfiid 414366
    Bt2—38 to 79 centimeters (15.0 to 31.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) ; 49 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 30 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9187-1-3; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 414367; patchy - phpvsfiid 414367
    Bt3—79 to 96 centimeters (31.1 to 37.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) ; 48 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 37 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9187-1-4; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 414368; patchy - phpvsfiid 414368
    Bt4—96 to 122 centimeters (37.8 to 48.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) ; 48 percent sand; 11 percent silt; 41 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9187-1-5; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 414369; patchy - phpvsfiid 414369
    Bt5—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) ; 56 percent sand; 7 percent silt; 37 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 40 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay depletions and 5 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9187-1-6; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 414370; patchy - phpvsfiid 414370
    BC—152 to 196 centimeters (59.8 to 77.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) ; 64 percent sand; 7 percent silt; 30 percent clay; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay depletions and 5 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9187-1-7; observed in auger, bucket. patchy - phpvsfiid 414371; patchy - phpvsfiid 414371
    C—196 to 203 centimeters (77.2 to 79.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) ; 49 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 25 percent clay; massive; very friable; 1 percent medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay depletions and 1 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6. Lab sample # 9187-1-8; observed in auger, bucket