IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Toxey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 95AL023003-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 95AL023003-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S95AL-023-3
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24215
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 31.8683333
  • Std. Longitude: -88.4575000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10 N
  • Range: 5 W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4
  • Location Description: 4.25 miles south of Melvin, Choctaw County, AL; about 1,900 feet south and 2,000 feet east of the northwest corner of sec. 2, T. 10 N., R. 5 W.; USGS Isney 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 Vertic eutrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Toxey
  • PSC - 10 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/6/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Toxey
  • Classificaton Date - 9/12/1995
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: moderately weathered, clayey marine deposits derived from interbedded sedimentary over slightly weathered, fine-loamy marine deposits derived from chalk
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/12/1995 (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

    cambic horizon

    0—7

    7—61

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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

    4

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    97

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    Ap—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) ; 8 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 63 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent medium olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) clay bodies; 5 percent by volume charcoal fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9523-3-1; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—7 to 18 centimeters (2.8 to 7.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) ; 6 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 68 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 15 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume charcoal fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9523-3-2; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) ; 4 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 67 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 60 percent pressure faces; 2 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 15 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9523-3-3; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); variegated 40 percent pale olive (5Y 6/3) and 40 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) ; 3 percent sand; 44 percent silt; 54 percent clay; strong medium platy structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 2 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in cracks and 10 percent fine spherical noncoherent cemented iron-manganese masses and 25 percent coarse distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron in cracks; 10 percent medium noncoherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 9523-3-4; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2C1—61 to 112 centimeters (24.0 to 44.1 inches); pale yellow (5Y 7/3) ; 5 percent sand; 52 percent silt; 43 percent clay; weak thick platy, and strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 5 percent medium distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) masses of oxidized iron in cracks and 10 percent fine spherical noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses and 10 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in cracks; 10 percent fine carbonate masses and 5 percent fine shell fragments; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 9523-3-5; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2C2—112 to 135 centimeters (44.1 to 53.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) ; 16 percent sand; 57 percent silt; 28 percent clay; massive; firm; 2 percent fine noncoherent cemented carbonate masses and 2 percent medium spherical moderately coherent cemented carbonate nodules; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 9523-3-6; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2C3—135 to 160 centimeters (53.1 to 63.0 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) ; 32 percent sand; 29 percent silt; 39 percent clay; massive; firm; 10 percent fine spherical moderately coherent cemented carbonate nodules; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9523-3-7; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2C4—160 to 203 centimeters (63.0 to 79.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) ; 42 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 32 percent clay; massive; firm; 5 percent fine spherical moderately coherent cemented carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7. Lab sample # 9523-3-8; moderately dry when described; observed in auger, bucket