IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Freest
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 92AL091001-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 92AL091001-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S92AL-091-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24350
  • 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: 32.3333333
  • Std. Longitude: -87.6166667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16 N
  • Range: 5 E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4
  • Location Description: Marengo County, AL; 2,750 feet west and 1,000 feet south of the northeast corner of sec. 30, T. 16 N., R. 5 E.; USGS Thomaston East, AL topographic quadrangle.
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL091—Marengo
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL091—Marengo County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, thermic Aquic paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Freest
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/4/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Freest
  • Classificaton Date - 11/3/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, fine-loamy alluvium derived from sedimentary, unspecified
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: riser
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/3/1992 (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 - conifers
  • 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

    23—157

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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

    2.5

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    57

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    Ap—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) ; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 9291-1-1
    E—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) ; 72 percent sand; 24 percent silt; 4 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 9291-1-2
    Bt1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) ; 48 percent sand; 24 percent silt; 28 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 9291-1-3. patchy - phpvsfiid 434417; patchy - phpvsfiid 434417
    Bt2—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) ; 44 percent sand; 23 percent silt; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 20 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 9291-1-4. patchy - phpvsfiid 434418; patchy - phpvsfiid 434418
    Bt3—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) ; 44 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 31 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 9291-1-5. continuous - phpvsfiid 434419; continuous - phpvsfiid 434419
    Bt4—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); variegated brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and red (2.5YR 4/6) ; 45 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 29 percent clay; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 9291-1-6. continuous - phpvsfiid 434420; continuous - phpvsfiid 434420
    Btg—107 to 157 centimeters (42.1 to 61.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) ; 44 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 30 percent clay; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # 9291-1-7. continuous - phpvsfiid 434421; continuous - phpvsfiid 434421