IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marvyn
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 92AL123001-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 92AL123001-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S92AL-123-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24404
  • 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: 32.5619444
  • Std. Longitude: -85.8119444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18 N
  • Range: 22 E
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4
  • Location Description: About 3.4 miles northeast of Carrville, Tallapoosa Co., AL; 1,250 feet south and 1,150 feet east of the northwest corner of sec. 12, T. 18 N., R.22 E.; USGS Carrville, AL topographic quadrangle.
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL123—Tallapoosa
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL123—Tallapoosa County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Plinthic kandiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Marvyn
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/3/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Marvyn
  • Classificaton Date - 3/12/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, loamy fluviomarine deposits derived from metamorphic & sedimentary
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/12/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    kandic horizon

    plinthite

    20—152

    94—178

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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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    157

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) ; 77 percent sand; 18 percent silt; 5 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots; 2 percent by volume rounded 2-10-20 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments and 5 percent by volume rounded 5-15-40 millimeter quartzite fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 9223-1-1; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—20 to 56 centimeters (7.9 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) ; 52 percent sand; 17 percent silt; 31 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume rounded 2-10-20 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments and 5 percent by volume rounded 5-15-40 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9223-1-2; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 416904; patchy - phpvsfiid 416904
    Bt2—56 to 94 centimeters (22.0 to 37.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) ; 52 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 33 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume rounded 2-10-20 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments and 5 percent by volume rounded 5-15-40 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9223-1-3; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 416905; patchy - phpvsfiid 416905
    Btv—94 to 152 centimeters (37.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) ; 51 percent sand; 11 percent silt; 38 percent clay; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) iron depletions and 5 percent medium distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) iron depletions and 15 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume rounded 2-10-20 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments and 5 percent by volume plinthite nodules fragments and 5 percent by volume rounded 5-15-40 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9223-1-4; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 416906; patchy - phpvsfiid 416906
    C1—152 to 178 centimeters (59.8 to 70.1 inches); variegated 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 25 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and 25 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) and 20 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) ; 40 percent sand; 11 percent silt; 50 percent clay; massive; firm; 5 percent by volume plinthite nodules fragments and 5 percent by volume rounded 5-15-40 millimeter quartzite fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9223-1-5; observed in auger, bucket
    C2—178 to 216 centimeters (70.1 to 85.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) ; 37 percent sand; 11 percent silt; 52 percent clay; massive; firm; 10 percent medium distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) iron depletions and 15 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume rounded 5-15-40 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5. Lab sample # 9223-1-6; observed in auger, bucket