IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Williamsville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 96AL023001-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 96AL023001-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S96AL-023-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24217
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 31.7422222
  • Std. Longitude: -88.2886111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9 N
  • Range: 3 W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4
  • Location Description: About 2 miles north-northeast of Cullomburg, Choctaw County, AL; 200 feet north and 2,300 feet east of the southwest corner of sec. 16, T. 9 N., R. 3 W.; USGS Millry North 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, mixed, active, thermic Typic hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Williamsville
  • PSC - 43 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/6/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Williamsville
  • Classificaton Date - 9/13/1995
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/13/1995 (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 - intermixed conifers and 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

    43—150

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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

    5

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    72

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) ; 66 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 4 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 9623-1-1; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) ; 68 percent sand; 29 percent silt; 3 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 9623-1-2; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BE—36 to 43 centimeters (14.2 to 16.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) ; 56 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 16 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9623-1-3; slightly moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) ; 39 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 47 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9623-1-4; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 414151; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 414151
    Bt2—69 to 109 centimeters (27.2 to 42.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) ; 45 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 47 percent clay; 10 percent olive (5Y 4/4) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9623-1-5; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 414152; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 414152
    Bt3—109 to 150 centimeters (42.9 to 59.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) ; 59 percent sand; 7 percent silt; 34 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent coarse distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) iron depletions in matrix and 10 percent coarse distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9623-1-6; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 414153; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 414153
    C—150 to 203 centimeters (59.1 to 79.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) ; 72 percent sand; 4 percent silt; 24 percent clay; massive; friable; 25 percent coarse distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) iron depletions in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # 9623-1-7; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket