IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): McCrory
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 93AL025001-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 93AL025001-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S93AL-025-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24229
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 31.9472222
  • Std. Longitude: -87.9813889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11 N
  • Range: 1 E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4
  • Location Description: About 2.5 miles south of Morvin, Clarke County, AL; 1,000 feet north and 1,700 feet east of the southwest corner of sec. 4, T. 11 N., R. 1 E.; USGS Morvin topographic quadrangle.
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL025—Clarke
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL025—Clarke County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, thermic Albic glossic natraqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - McCrory
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/4/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bonn
  • Classificaton Date - 5/26/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: moderately weathered, loamy alluvium derived from sedimentary, unspecified
  • Landscape: alluvial plain
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/26/1993 (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 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) ; 39 percent sand; 53 percent silt; 8 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 fine roots; 10 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 9325-1-1; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) ; 40 percent sand; 51 percent silt; 9 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 25 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9325-1-2; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BE—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) ; 34 percent sand; 52 percent silt; 15 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 25 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 5 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9325-1-3; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btn—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) ; 35 percent sand; 46 percent silt; 18 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on all faces of peds; pale brown (10YR 6/3) clay depletions on vertical faces of peds and 2 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron lining pores and 5 percent medium black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings on faces of peds and 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 15 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions in matrix; 5 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9325-1-4; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 414177; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 414177
    Btng1—58 to 89 centimeters (22.8 to 35.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) ; 35 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 25 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 40 percent faint dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent medium black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings on faces of peds and 20 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 5 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9325-1-5; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 414178; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 414178
    Btng2—89 to 119 centimeters (35.0 to 46.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) ; 40 percent sand; 37 percent silt; 23 percent clay; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm; 40 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 5 percent medium black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings on faces of peds and 10 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 5 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9325-1-6; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 414179; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 414179
    Btng3—119 to 147 centimeters (46.9 to 57.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) ; 52 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 20 percent clay; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm; 20 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 25 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 25 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9325-1-7; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 414180; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 414180
    Cg—147 to 183 centimeters (57.9 to 72.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) ; 60 percent sand; 24 percent silt; 16 percent clay; massive; friable; 25 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 25 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly alkaline, pH 9.4. Lab sample # 9325-1-8; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket