IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Searcy
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 92AL091002-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 92AL091002-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S92AL-091-2
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24351
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: -87.5750000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16 N
  • Range: 5 E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4
  • Location Description: Marengo County, AL; 300 feet east and 1,900 feet south of the northwest corner of sec. 27, 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, smectitic, thermic Aquic paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Searcy
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/4/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Searcy
  • Classificaton Date - 11/9/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, clayey marine deposits derived from sedimentary, unspecified
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/9/1992 (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

    argillic horizon

    20—165

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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

    5

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    78

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) ; 64 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 8 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 9291-2-1
    Bt1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) ; 41 percent sand; 21 percent silt; 38 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 9291-2-2. patchy - phpvsfiid 434422; patchy - phpvsfiid 434422
    Bt2—33 to 74 centimeters (13.0 to 29.1 inches); variegated red (2.5YR 4/6) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) ; 29 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 53 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; distinct pressure faces on all faces of peds and 10 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9291-2-3. continuous - phpvsfiid 434424; continuous - phpvsfiid 434424
    Bt3—74 to 104 centimeters (29.1 to 40.9 inches); variegated yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) ; 30 percent sand; 18 percent silt; 52 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; distinct pressure faces on all faces of peds and 10 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9291-2-4. continuous - phpvsfiid 434426; continuous - phpvsfiid 434426
    Btss1—104 to 137 centimeters (40.9 to 53.9 inches); variegated light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) ; 33 percent sand; 18 percent silt; 49 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores and 40 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9291-2-5
    Btss2—137 to 165 centimeters (53.9 to 65.0 inches); variegated light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and reddish yellow (5YR 6/8) and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) ; 35 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 45 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 50 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # 9291-2-6