IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mooreville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 95AL023002-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 95AL023002-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S95AL-023-2
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24214
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 32.0936111
  • Std. Longitude: -88.0630556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13 N
  • Range: 1 W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: SE1/4
  • Location Description: Lavaca, Choctaw County, AL; 1,600 feet north and 1,250 feet west of the southeast corner of sec. 15, T. 13 N., R. 1 W.; USGS Putnam topographic quadrangle.
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL023—Choctaw
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL023—Choctaw County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Fluvaquentic dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mooreville
  • PSC - 10 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/6/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mooreville
  • Classificaton Date - 10/28/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slightly weathered, clayey alluvium derived from sedimentary, unspecified over slightly weathered, loamy alluvium derived from sedimentary, unspecified
  • Landscape: alluvial plain
  • Landform: natural levee
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/28/1993 (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

    cambic horizon

    7—119

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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
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    17

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    A—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); very dark grayish olive (10Y 3/2) ; 3 percent sand; 64 percent silt; 33 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; friable; 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9523-2-1; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—7 to 36 centimeters (2.8 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) ; 4 percent sand; 42 percent silt; 55 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9523-2-2; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) ; 23 percent sand; 33 percent silt; 44 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9523-2-3; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw3—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) ; 37 percent sand; 21 percent silt; 42 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 10 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions in matrix; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9523-2-4; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw4—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) ; 44 percent sand; 21 percent silt; 36 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9523-2-5; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw5—97 to 119 centimeters (38.2 to 46.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) ; 52 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 28 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 25 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions in matrix and 25 percent coarse prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 9523-2-6; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C1—119 to 140 centimeters (46.9 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) ; 66 percent sand; 16 percent silt; 18 percent clay; massive; friable; 10 percent medium distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 15 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions in matrix; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 9523-2-7; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C2—140 to 170 centimeters (55.1 to 66.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) ; 77 percent sand; 11 percent silt; 11 percent clay; massive; friable; 10 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 15 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions in matrix; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 9523-2-8; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C3—170 to 203 centimeters (66.9 to 79.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) ; 98 percent sand; 1 percent silt; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose; 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron along lamina or strata surfaces; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6. Lab sample # 9523-2-9; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket