IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hard Labor
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 92AL123005-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 92AL123005-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S92AL-123-5
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24408
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024
  • 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: 32.8138889
  • Std. Longitude: -85.6344444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21 N
  • Range: 24 E
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4
  • Location Description: About 1.1 miles northeast of Camp Hill; Piedmont Experiment Station, Tallapoosa Co., AL; 300 feet south and 2,100 feet west of the northeast corner of sec. 15, T. 21 N., R. 24 E.; USGS Camp Hill, AL topographic quadrangle.
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL123—Tallapoosa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL123—Tallapoosa County, Alabama
  • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Typic kanhapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hard Labor
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/3/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Appling
  • Classificaton Date - 11/3/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, sandy fluviomarine deposits derived from metamorphic, unspecified over strongly weathered, clayey residuum weathered from gneiss
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • 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 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    38—132

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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

    3

    247

    Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) ; 75 percent sand; 18 percent silt; 7 percent clay; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 6.0 very fine roots and 6.0 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 9223-5-1; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) ; 80 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 5 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 6.0 very fine roots and 6.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume well rounded 5-10-20 millimeter quartzite fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 9223-5-2; observed in pit, small
    E—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) ; 76 percent sand; 18 percent silt; 6 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 fine roots; 2 percent by volume well rounded 5-10-20 millimeter quartzite fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9223-5-3; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—38 to 69 centimeters (15.0 to 27.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) ; 35 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 51 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume well rounded 5-10-20 millimeter quartzite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9223-5-4; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 416911; patchy - phpvsfiid 416911
    2Bt2—69 to 114 centimeters (27.2 to 44.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) ; 38 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 48 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 40 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9223-5-5; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 416912; patchy - phpvsfiid 416912
    2BC—114 to 132 centimeters (44.9 to 52.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) ; 51 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 30 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots and 2.0 fine roots; 10 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/1) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 9223-5-6; observed in pit, small
    2C—132 to 203 centimeters (52.0 to 79.9 inches); variegated 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 30 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 10 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) ; 51 percent sand; 22 percent silt; 27 percent clay; massive; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9. Lab sample # 9223-5-7; observed in auger, bucket