IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SAVANNAH
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956MS035001
  • User Pedon ID: S1956MS035001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956MS035001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4826
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41519
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 31.3504810
  • Std. Longitude: -89.1878357
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5N
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 34
  • Location Description: Mississippi on Griffin timber holding east of Petal, Mississippi on south side of Mississippi Highway 42, 5 miles east of Junction 11 and 42. Photo CZH-1H-136.
  • State: Mississippi
  • County: MS035—Forrest
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MS035—Forrest County, Mississippi

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Joe Kubota, M. E. Shaffer, Y. H. Havens
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SAVANNAH
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: flat
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: CZH-1H136
  • 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

    CORNU

    GAYLU

    ILCO

    NYSY

    PIPA2

    Cornus

    Gaylussacia

    Ilex coriacea

    Nyssa sylvatica

    Pinus palustris

    dogwood

    huckleberry

    large gallberry

    blackgum

    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) very fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots and 21.0 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36642
    A21—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) very fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; fine to coarse roots and 21.0 fine roots; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A36643
    A22—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A36644
    B1—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fine pores; clay films in root channels and/or pores; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A36645
    B21T—33 to 66 centimeters (13.0 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; fine pores; faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36646. patchy - phpvsfiid 188895; patchy - phpvsfiid 188895
    B22TX—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, clay films on upper surfaces of peds or rocks; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A36647. continuous - phpvsfiid 188896; continuous - phpvsfiid 188896
    B23TX—91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; massive parts to medium and coarse subangular blocky; friable; clay films; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36648. patchy - phpvsfiid 188897; patchy - phpvsfiid 188897
    B24TX—107 to 132 centimeters (42.1 to 52.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) loam; coarse and very coarse subangular blocky parts to prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36649
    B3TX—132 to 155 centimeters (52.0 to 61.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) loam; massive; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36650
    C—155 to 185 centimeters (61.0 to 72.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) loam; massive; friable; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments. Lab sample # 40A36651