IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ORA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956MS031002
  • User Pedon ID: S1956MS031002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956MS031002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4816
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41510
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 31.6663055
  • Std. Longitude: -89.5114594
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 3 mile east of Collins, Mississippi on Highway 84, and about 200 yards north of road in mixed pine-hardwood woods
  • Location Description: Ref. airphoto CJO-1G-158
  • State: Mississippi
  • County: MS031—Covington
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MS031—Covington County, Mississippi

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Joe Kubota, M. E. Shaffer, and Y. H. Havens
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - ORA
  • Classificaton Date - 4/11/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/11/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: CJO-1G158
  • 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

    ACER

    CORNU

    GAYLU

    NYSY

    PIPA2

    RHUS

    Acer

    Cornus

    Gaylussacia

    Nyssa sylvatica

    Pinus palustris

    Rhus

    maple

    dogwood

    huckleberry

    blackgum

    longleaf pine

    sumac

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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

    3

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    315

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; fine and medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36562
    A2—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36563
    A3—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A36564
    B1—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36565
    B21T—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) loam; weak and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36566
    2B22T—56 to 66 centimeters (22.0 to 26.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A36567
    2B23TX—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) sandy loam; weak and moderate very coarse platy parts to fine and medium platy, and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A36568
    2B24TX—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; weak and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky parts to medium and coarse platy, and prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 fine vesicular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36569
    2B25TX—102 to 137 centimeters (40.2 to 53.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36570
    2B3T—137 to 183 centimeters (53.9 to 72.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) sandy clay loam; very coarse subangular blocky, and massive; firm; very fine pores; fragments. Lab sample # 40A36571
    183 to 213 centimeters (72.0 to 83.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A36572