IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mecklenburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 93AL123003-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 93AL123003-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S93AL-123-3
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24413
  • Print Date: 1/31/2025

    • 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: 32.8422222
  • Std. Longitude: -85.6850000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21 N
  • Range: 24 E
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4
  • Location Description: About 2.0 miles southwest of Doss Mountain, Tallapoosa Co., AL; 350 feet south and 1,600 feet west of the northeast corner of sec. 6, T. 21 N., R. 24 E.; USGS Camp Hill, AL topographic quadrangle.
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL123—Tallapoosa County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Typic hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mecklenburg
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/3/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mecklenburg
  • Classificaton Date - 11/2/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, clayey residuum weathered from metamorphic, unspecified
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/2/1993 (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

    argillic horizon

    18—86

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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

    1

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    205

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) ; 41 percent sand; 34 percent silt; 25 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 9323-3-1; observed in pit, small
    A2—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) ; 41 percent sand; 34 percent silt; 25 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9323-3-2; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) ; 29 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 44 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; 25 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; 25 percent medium worm casts; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9323-3-3; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 416919; patchy - phpvsfiid 416919
    Bt2—38 to 63 centimeters (15.0 to 24.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) ; 24 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 48 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses and 10 percent medium distinct red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9323-3-4; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 416920; patchy - phpvsfiid 416920
    Bt3—63 to 86 centimeters (24.8 to 33.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) ; 19 percent sand; 29 percent silt; 53 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 20 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses and 15 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9323-3-5; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 416921; patchy - phpvsfiid 416921
    BC—86 to 96 centimeters (33.9 to 37.8 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8) ; 23 percent sand; 44 percent silt; 34 percent clay; 10 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) medium distinct and 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) medium distinct and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 9323-3-6; observed in pit, small
    C—96 to 203 centimeters (37.8 to 79.9 inches); variegated 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 30 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) and 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) ; 33 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 27 percent clay; massive; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9. Lab sample # 9323-3-7; observed in pit, small