IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Savannah
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 99AL065001-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 99AL065001-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S99AL-065-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24281
  • 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: 32.8450000
  • Std. Longitude: -87.7527778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22 N
  • Range: 3 E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4
  • Location Description: About 0.75 mile north of Evansville, Hale County, AL; 800 feet south and 2,000 feet west of the northeast corner of sec. 35, T. 22 N., R. 3 E.; USGS Warrior Dam topographic quadrangle.
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL065—Hale
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL065—Hale County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Typic fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Savannah
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/4/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Savannah
  • Classificaton Date - 7/19/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, loamy alluvium derived from sedimentary, unspecified
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/19/1999 (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 Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    weakly coherent

    71 - 132

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    15—203

    71—132

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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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    43

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) ; 34 percent sand; 55 percent silt; 11 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9965-1-1; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) ; 26 percent sand; 46 percent silt; 28 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9965-1-2; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 414274; patchy - phpvsfiid 414274
    Bt2—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) ; 31 percent sand; 42 percent silt; 27 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent fine faint brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9965-1-3; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 414275; patchy - phpvsfiid 414275
    Bt3—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) ; 33 percent sand; 43 percent silt; 24 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9965-1-4; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 414276; patchy - phpvsfiid 414276
    B/E—61 to 71 centimeters (24.0 to 28.0 inches); 90 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) ; 37 percent sand; 42 percent silt; 22 percent clay; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent medium faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) iron depletions and 10 percent coarse pale brown (10YR 6/3) clay depletions between peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9965-1-5; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 414277; patchy - phpvsfiid 414277
    Btx1—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches); variegated 40 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) ; 40 percent sand; 38 percent silt; 22 percent clay; strong very coarse prismatic, and moderate thick platy structure; firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 30 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; - 65 - percent of the total horizon; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9965-1-6; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 414278; patchy - phpvsfiid 414278
    Btx2—102 to 132 centimeters (40.2 to 52.0 inches); variegated 35 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 25 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 25 percent gray (10YR 6/1) and 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) ; 40 percent sand; 38 percent silt; 22 percent clay; strong very coarse prismatic, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 30 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 20 percent medium light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay depletions on vertical faces of peds; fragments; - 65 - percent of the total horizon; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 9965-1-7; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 414279; patchy - phpvsfiid 414279
    B't1—132 to 173 centimeters (52.0 to 68.1 inches); variegated 35 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 35 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 20 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and 15 percent gray (10YR 6/1) ; 39 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 30 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 9965-1-8; slightly moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. patchy - phpvsfiid 414280; patchy - phpvsfiid 414280
    B't2—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); variegated 35 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 25 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 25 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) and 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) ; 55 percent sand; 16 percent silt; 30 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3. Lab sample # 9965-1-9; slightly moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. patchy - phpvsfiid 414281; patchy - phpvsfiid 414281