IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vaiden
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955MS101001
  • User Pedon ID: S1955MS101001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4842
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41531
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 32.2529564
  • Std. Longitude: -89.2592316
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 10E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 1/4 mile west of cemetery and 175 feet north of gravel road between
  • State: Mississippi
  • County: MS101—Newton
  • MLRA: 135A—Alabama and Mississippi Blackland Prairie
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MS101—Newton County, Mississippi

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, thermic Aquic Dystruderts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Vaiden
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/18/2019
  • Classifier - Chris Hatcher
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vaiden
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, smectitic, thermic Aquic Dystruderts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1955
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    slickensides

    0—8

    8—119

    15—152

    —8—

    —111—

    —137—
    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

    3

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    —

    133

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    0

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    Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36751
    Bt—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay; 21 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct and 21 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) medium distinct mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A36752
    Btss1—15 to 48 centimeters (5.9 to 18.9 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 8/4) clay; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium faint and 1 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A36753
    Btss2—48 to 119 centimeters (18.9 to 46.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) clay; 21 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately plastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A36754
    Bss—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) clay; brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) mottles; very firm; fragments. Lab sample # 40A36755