IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Urbo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991AL091005
  • User Pedon ID: 91AL091005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P1056
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64093
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 32.2994461
  • Std. Longitude: -87.6769409
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet W and 2500 feet S of the NE corner
  • Location Description: About 2.5 miles NW of Thomaston.
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL091—Marengo
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bob Beaty, George Martin, DeWayne Williams. Sampl
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Urbo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, acid Aeric Haplaquepts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Slope Position: drainageway
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 1
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—15

    15—170

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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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    35

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    0

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06882; dry when described;. many very fine and fine roots throughout; few fine distinct 7.5YR44 mottles
    Bw1—15 to 41 centimeters (5.9 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06883; moist when described;. few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; many very fine and fine roots throughout; common fine distinct 10YR56 mottles
    Bw2—41 to 76 centimeters (16.1 to 29.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium distinct and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06884; moist when described;. few thin striated pressure faces (pseudo-slickensides); few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common very fine and fine roots throughout; few medium distinct 10YR68 mottles; common medium prominent 7.5YR58 mottles
    Bgss1—76 to 142 centimeters (29.9 to 55.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay; 1 percent greenish gray (5GY 5/1) fine faint and 11 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) medium prominent and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06885; moist when described;. common large, thin slickensides with polished and grooved surfaces; few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few very fine and fine roots throughout; few fine faint 5GY51 mottles; common medium prominent 2.5YR48 mottles; many medium prominent 10YR58 mottles
    Bgss2—142 to 170 centimeters (55.9 to 66.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay loam; 1 percent greenish gray (5GY 5/1) fine faint and 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) coarse prominent and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse and very coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; , moist, slickensides (pedogenic) and 37 percent prominent , moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P06886; moist when described;. common large, thin slickensides with polished and grooved surfaces; few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; few fine faint 5GY51 mottles; few coarse prominent 10YR66 mottles; many medium prominent 10YR58 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 234440; patchy - phpvsfiid 234440