IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brantley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 94AL131001-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 94AL131001-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S94AL-131-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24447
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 31.9777778
  • Std. Longitude: -86.9625000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12 N
  • Range: 10 E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4
  • Location Description: About 3.6 miles north-northwest of Allenton, Wilcox Co., AL; 100 feet south and 300 feet east of the northwest corner of sec. 27, T. 12 N., R. 10 E.; USGS Oak Hill, AL topographic quadrangle.
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL131—Wilcox
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL131—Wilcox County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, thermic Ultic hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brantley
  • PSC - 13 to 63 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/4/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brantley
  • Classificaton Date - 4/7/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: moderately weathered, clayey marine deposits derived from sedimentary, unspecified over moderately weathered, loamy marine deposits derived from sedimentary, unspecified
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/7/1993 (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 - hardwoods
  • 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

    13—135

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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

    23

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    87

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) ; 62 percent sand; 16 percent silt; 22 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9431-1-1
    BA—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) ; 62 percent sand; 7 percent silt; 31 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots and 6.0 coarse roots; 10 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9431-1-2
    Bt1—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) ; 54 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 38 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9431-1-3. patchy - phpvsfiid 417008; patchy - phpvsfiid 417008
    Bt2—46 to 63 centimeters (18.1 to 24.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) ; 59 percent sand; 9 percent silt; 33 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 25 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9431-1-4. patchy - phpvsfiid 417009; patchy - phpvsfiid 417009
    Bt3—63 to 79 centimeters (24.8 to 31.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) ; 63 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 28 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9431-1-5. patchy - phpvsfiid 417010; patchy - phpvsfiid 417010
    Bt4—79 to 107 centimeters (31.1 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) ; 61 percent sand; 9 percent silt; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9431-1-6. patchy - phpvsfiid 417011; patchy - phpvsfiid 417011
    Bt5—107 to 122 centimeters (42.1 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) ; 65 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 26 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 20 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; 30 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9431-1-7. patchy - phpvsfiid 417012; patchy - phpvsfiid 417012
    Bt6—122 to 135 centimeters (48.0 to 53.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) ; 70 percent sand; 7 percent silt; 24 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 20 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; 30 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9431-1-8. patchy - phpvsfiid 417013; patchy - phpvsfiid 417013
    C—135 to 165 centimeters (53.1 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) ; 81 percent sand; 5 percent silt; 15 percent clay; massive; very friable; 1 percent medium faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; 40 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1. Lab sample # 9431-1-9