IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Hannon
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
91AL087005-pgm
User Pedon ID:
91AL087005-pgm
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
AU
Lab Pedon # -
S91AL-087-5
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
24321
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:
32.2777778
Std. Longitude:
-85.5513889
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
15 N
Range:
25 E
Section:
34
PLSS Details:
NE1/4
Location Description:
Macon County, AL; 1,650 feet west and 2,400 feet south of the northeast corner of sec. 34, T. 15 N., R. 25 E.; USGS Roba, AL topographic quadrangle.
State:
Alabama
County:
AL087—Macon
MLRA:
135A—Alabama and Mississippi Blackland Prairie
Regional Office:
7—Auburn, AL
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
AL087—Macon County, Alabama
PEDON
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, smectitic, thermic Chromic hapluderts
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
classifies to current taxon name, full description
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
PedonPC
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Hannon
PSC -
25 to 100 cm.
Classificaton Date -
3/5/2009
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
tenth edition
Moisture Class -
udic
Moisture Subclass -
typic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Hannon
Classificaton Date -
5/14/1991
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
2
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:
convex
Slope Shape Down:
linear
Runoff:
high
Drainage Class:
moderately 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
slickensides
13—94
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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
2
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123
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Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) ; 31 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 37 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 9187-5-1; observed in pit, small
Btss1—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) ; 9 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 71 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and strong fine angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 6.0 fine roots; 20 percent faint slickensides (pedogenic) and 50 percent pressure faces; 1 percent fine faint yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9187-5-2; observed in pit, small
Btss2—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) ; 11 percent sand; 17 percent silt; 73 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 40 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) and 50 percent pressure faces; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9187-5-3; observed in pit, small
Bkss—48 to 94 centimeters (18.9 to 37.0 inches); variegated 60 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) and 40 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) ; 21 percent sand; 42 percent silt; 37 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 50 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic); 25 percent medium spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9187-5-4; observed in pit, small
BC—94 to 124 centimeters (37.0 to 48.8 inches); variegated 50 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) and 30 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 20 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) ; 34 percent sand; 39 percent silt; 28 percent clay; weak medium platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 20 percent spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9187-5-5; observed in pit, small
C—124 to 203 centimeters (48.8 to 79.9 inches); variegated 40 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) and 30 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and 30 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) stratified ; 41 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 29 percent clay; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 20 percent spherical noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3. Lab sample # 9187-5-6; observed in pit, small