IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Uchee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 92AL123007-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 92AL123007-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S92AL-123-7
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24410
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 32.5236111
  • Std. Longitude: -85.8138889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 18 N
  • Range: 22 E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4
  • Location Description: About 1.4 miles northwest of Barroom, Tallapoosa Co., AL; 350 feet north and 400 feet east of the southwest corner of sec. 24, 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: Loamy, siliceous, subactive, thermic Arenic hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Uchee
  • PSC - 53 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/3/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Uchee
  • Classificaton Date - 4/13/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, sandy fluviomarine deposits derived from metamorphic & sedimentary over strongly weathered, loamy fluviomarine deposits derived from metamorphic & sedimentary
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/13/1992 (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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—15

    53—127

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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

    20

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) ; 83 percent sand; 12 percent silt; 5 percent clay; single grain; loose; 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots and 6.0 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume well rounded 2-20-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9223-7-1; observed in pit, small
    E—15 to 53 centimeters (5.9 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) ; 79 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 7 percent clay; single grain; loose; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume well rounded 2-20-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9223-7-2; observed in pit, small
    EB—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) ; 76 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 9 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots and 2.0 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume well rounded 2-20-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9223-7-3; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) ; 66 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 20 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 20 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume well rounded 2-20-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9223-7-4; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 416950; patchy - phpvsfiid 416950
    Bt2—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) ; 59 percent sand; 11 percent silt; 29 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; brittle; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume well rounded 2-20-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9223-7-5; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 416951; patchy - phpvsfiid 416951
    C1—127 to 163 centimeters (50.0 to 64.2 inches); variegated 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 25 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 20 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) stratified ; 59 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 26 percent clay; massive; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9223-7-6; observed in shovel slice
    C2—163 to 203 centimeters (64.2 to 79.9 inches); variegated 40 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and 30 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) and 30 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) stratified ; 45 percent sand; 23 percent silt; 33 percent clay; massive; firm; 1 percent plinthite nodules; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9. Lab sample # 9223-7-7; observed in auger, bucket