IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): VAIDEN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958AL105002
  • User Pedon ID: S1958AL105002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958AL105002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5038
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41727
  • 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: 32.4069443
  • Std. Longitude: -87.4619446
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 NE 1/4
  • Location Description: 4.7 miles southeast of Uniontown, Alabama.
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL105—Perry
  • MLRA: 135A—Alabama and Mississippi Blackland Prairie
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL105—Perry County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. E. Stephens and Y. H. Havens
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - VAIDEN
  • Classificaton Date - 5/28/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, clayey marine deposits derived from chalk
  • Landscape: upland
  • Microfeature: gilgai
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/28/1958 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    CARYA

    QUERC

    Carya

    Quercus

    hybrid hickory

    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    0

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    84

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    1270

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    18.3

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    O2—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A38081. Partly decomposed leaves.
    A1—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; weak very fine and fine granular, and subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 0.5 fine and medium pores; 21 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A38082. many wormholes filled with material from the layers below.
    A12—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; 21 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) fine and medium prominent mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 21 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A38083
    A3—33 to 64 centimeters (13.0 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and red (10R 4/6) clay; fine and medium faint mottles; moderate and strong fine and medium angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; friable, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A38084
    AC—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) and red (10R 4/8) clay; fine and medium prominent mottles; moderate fine and medium angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A38085
    C1—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) fine prominent and 21 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) fine and medium distinct and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; friable, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 21 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; 21 percent carbonate threads; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A38086
    2C2—102 to 102 centimeters (40.2 to 40.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A38087. White to pale yellow chalk. No sample collected.