IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): RUSTON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955MS059003
  • User Pedon ID: S1955MS059003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1955MS059003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4824
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41517
  • 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: 30.6202240
  • Std. Longitude: -88.5153198
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: SE 4, SE 4
  • Location Description: 6 miles SE Hurley, 1/8 mile W. Alabama State Line. Photo 7H-160.
  • State: Mississippi
  • County: MS059—Jackson
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MS059—Jackson County, Mississippi

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - RUSTON
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 7H-160
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other tree cover
  • 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

    Pinus palustris

    longleaf 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
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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36632
    A2—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; 21 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fine distinct and 21 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A36633
    B1—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) loam; 1 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36634
    B2T—43 to 109 centimeters (16.9 to 42.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36635
    B3T—109 to 213 centimeters (42.9 to 83.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A36636