IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CROSSVILLE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1951AL049003
  • User Pedon ID: S1951AL049003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1951AL049003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5033
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41722
  • 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: 34.5859566
  • Std. Longitude: -85.5891190
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 1/2 mile nearly north of Mentone. Site is a little north of Eagle Nest near west rim of Lookout Mountain.
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL049—DeKalb
  • Regional Office: 6—Morgantown, WV
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL049—DeKalb County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - CROSSVILLE
  • Classificaton Date - 12/12/1951
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Microfeature: gilgai
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/12/1951 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PIEC2

    PIVI2

    Pinus echinata

    Pinus virginiana

    shortleaf pine

    Virginia pine

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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

    2

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    0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) loam; moderate granular structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A38045. moderate amount of organic matter.
    5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A38046
    13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A38047
    30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) gravelly fine sandy loam; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A38048
    46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) gravelly loam; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A38049. The layer contains numerous waterworn quartz gravel that appear to have come from conglomerate rock which occurs frequently in this part. This layer not commonly found under this soil although it does occur in places.
    71 to 71 centimeters (28.0 to 28.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A38050. Beneath this layer is solid rock composed of rather hard sandstone and ironstone conglomerate. No shale rock noted in this profile.