IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alaga
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955MS059002
  • User Pedon ID: S1955MS059002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1955MS059002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4796
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41490
  • 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: 30.6596680
  • Std. Longitude: -88.5239258
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 2-1/4 miles W Hurley, NW 4, NE 4
  • State: Mississippi
  • County: MS059—Jackson
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MS059—Jackson County, Mississippi

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Thermic, coated Typic Quartzipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alaga
  • PSC - 33 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/11/2018
  • Classifier - Jerome Langlinais
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - LAKELAND
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PIPA2

    QUERC

    Pinus palustris

    Quercus

    longleaf pine

    oak

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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
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    1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) sand; 89 percent sand; 9 percent silt; 3 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; worm casts; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36412
    2—8 to 33 centimeters (3.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loamy sand; 87 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 4 percent clay; 21 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium faint and 21 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) medium faint mottles; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; worm casts; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36413
    1—33 to 76 centimeters (13.0 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy sand; 84 percent sand; 12 percent silt; 4 percent clay; single grain, and medium subangular blocky; very friable; 3.0 roots; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) worm casts; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A36414
    2—76 to 127 centimeters (29.9 to 50.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) loamy sand; 84 percent sand; 12 percent silt; 4 percent clay; 1 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) distinct mottles; medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A36415
    3—127 to 183 centimeters (50.0 to 72.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/8) sand; 91 percent sand; 7 percent silt; 3 percent clay; 21 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) coarse distinct and 21 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/4) coarse distinct mottles; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A36416