IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Taft
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2003AL089001
  • User Pedon ID: S03AL089001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0280
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18168
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 34.7741394
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7387466
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL089—Madison
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal
  • Regional Office: 6—Morgantown, WV
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL089—Madison County, Alabama
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 34086-H6—Toney, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Doug Clendenon and Eddie E. Davis Jr.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Glossaquic Fragiudults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Taft
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Glossaquic Fragiudults
  • Classificaton Date - 7/25/2003
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium and/or reworked loess over gravelly residuum
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/25/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - artificial cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - urban and built-up
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    143—160

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    Setting and Climate
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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; 5 percent very fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01669
    BA—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine pores; 1 percent fine black (N 2/0), moist, manganese masses and 2 percent very fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 5 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01670
    Bw1—28 to 50 centimeters (11.0 to 19.7 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine pores; 1 percent black (N 2/0), moist, manganese masses and 2 percent very fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 2 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron on surfaces along pores; 1 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01671
    Bw2—50 to 75 centimeters (19.7 to 29.5 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine pores; 1 percent black (N 2/0), moist, manganese masses and 2 percent very fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 2 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron on surfaces along pores and 20 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01672
    Btgx1—75 to 95 centimeters (29.5 to 37.4 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) coarse mottles; weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; 2 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01673
    Btgx2—95 to 143 centimeters (37.4 to 56.3 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) silty clay; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) coarse mottles; moderate medium angular blocky, and weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; 2 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 30 percent very coarse yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01674
    2Btgx—143 to 160 centimeters (56.3 to 63.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) gravelly silty clay; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) coarse mottles; moderate medium angular blocky, and weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; 2 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 30 percent very coarse yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; 34 percent by volume 2-?-76 millimeter chert fragments. Lab sample # 05N01675