IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mayhew
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 92AL023003-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 92AL023003-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S92AL-023-3
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24211
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 32.3022222
  • Std. Longitude: -88.0350000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15 N
  • Range: 1 W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4
  • Location Description: About 2,000 feet east and 2,600 feet south of the northwest corner of sec. 1, T. 15 N., R. 1 W.; Choctaw County, AL.
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL023—Choctaw
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL023—Choctaw County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Chromic dystraquerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mayhew
  • PSC - 15 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/6/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mayhew
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: moderately weathered, clayey residuum weathered from shale, clayey
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: weakly coherent moderate weathered shale, clayey at 150cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    56—150

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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

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    40

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 7 percent sand; 55 percent silt; 38 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9223-3-1; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay; 7 percent sand; 51 percent silt; 41 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9223-3-2; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btg1—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay; 6 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 49 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 50 percent distinct pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses and 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9223-3-3; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 414104; patchy - phpvsfiid 414105; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 414104; patchy - phpvsfiid 414105
    Btg2—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay; 6 percent sand; 42 percent silt; 52 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 50 percent distinct pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses and 10 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9223-3-4; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 414106; patchy - phpvsfiid 414107; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 414106; patchy - phpvsfiid 414107
    Bssg1—56 to 107 centimeters (22.0 to 42.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay; 4 percent sand; 41 percent silt; 55 percent clay; weak very coarse subangular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 50 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine spherical noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses and 10 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 15 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9223-3-5; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bssg2—107 to 150 centimeters (42.1 to 59.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay; 4 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 60 percent clay; weak very coarse subangular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 50 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent fine spherical noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses and 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 15 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron on slickensides; 5 percent by volume subrounded weakly coherent cemented shale, acid fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 9223-3-6; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Cr—150 to 203 centimeters (59.1 to 79.9 inches); bedrock; strong thick platy structure; very firm; low excavation difficulty; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0. Lab sample # 9223-3-7; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket