IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SUMTER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958MS095006
  • User Pedon ID: S1958MS095006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4835
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41524
  • Print Date: 4/21/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: southwest quarter of southeast quarter
  • Location Description: 4-1/2 miles east of Prairie.
  • State: Mississippi
  • County: MS095—Monroe
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MS095—Monroe County, Mississippi

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. C. Carter
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SUMTER
  • Classificaton Date - 11/17/1958
  • 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: 11/17/1958 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    AP—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) silty clay; moderate fine granular, and moderate coarse granular structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 1 percent fine brown (10YR 4/3) dark concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36706; moist when described;
    AC—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); pale yellow (5Y 7/4) silty clay; weak and moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 fine roots; 1 percent fine carbonate nodules; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36707; moist when described;
    C1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silty clay; 3 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) fine distinct and 3 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) fine distinct mottles; weak and moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; brown (10YR 4/3) dark concretions; 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented carbonate nodules; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A36708; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 188817; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 188817
    C2—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2) silty clay, clay; 21 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) fine faint and 21 percent pale yellow (5Y 7/4) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 fine roots; 3 percent fine noncoherent cemented carbonate nodules; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36709; moist when described;
    C3—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); yellow (2.5Y 7/8) silty clay, clay, marl; 1 percent gray (5Y 6/1) fine distinct and 1 percent pale yellow (5Y 7/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3 percent fine noncoherent cemented carbonate nodules; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36710; moist when described;
    C4—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) marl; hard when dry, extremely firm; 0.0 roots; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A36711; moist when described;
    C5—91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) marl; hard when dry, extremely firm; 0.0 roots; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A36712; moist when described;. Horizon divided due to thickness. Sample taken with bucket auger