IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BROOKHAVEN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959MS085004
  • User Pedon ID: S1959MS085004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4773
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41471
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 31.5424194
  • Std. Longitude: -90.4250946
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 412 feet west and 246 feet south of northeast corner SW 1/4 SW 1/4
  • Location Description: Southeast of Brookhaven. Photo No. CJL-17K-40.
  • State: Mississippi
  • County: MS085—Lincoln
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MS085—Lincoln County, Mississippi

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. C. Carter
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - BROOKHAVEN
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/27/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: CJL-17K40
  • 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
    • 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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    O1—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A36249. Mixed hardwood leaves and pine needles.
    A1—1 to 6 centimeters (0.4 to 2.4 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark gray (5Y 3/1) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36250
    A2—6 to 16 centimeters (2.4 to 6.3 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) and dark gray (5Y 4/1) silt loam; weak granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36251
    B&A—16 to 24 centimeters (6.3 to 9.4 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36252
    B21—24 to 34 centimeters (9.4 to 13.4 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silt loam, silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A36253
    B22—34 to 44 centimeters (13.4 to 17.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; 21.0 fine roots; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36254
    B'23TX&A—44 to 59 centimeters (17.3 to 23.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; 0.5 roots; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 40A36255
    59 to 59 centimeters (23.2 to 23.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and light gray (5Y 7/2) silt loam; weak thick platy parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; 0.5 roots; 21.0 pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent iron concretions; fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A36256
    B'24TX—59 to 87 centimeters (23.2 to 34.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and light gray (5Y 7/1) silt loam; weak medium angular blocky parts to very thick platy structure; extremely firm; 0.5 roots; 21.0 pores; light gray (5Y 7/1) coats on faces of peds and 75 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A36257
    2B'25TX—87 to 123 centimeters (34.3 to 48.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellow (10YR 7/8) and white (10YR 8/1) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm; 0.0 roots; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A36258
    2B'26TX—123 to 138 centimeters (48.4 to 54.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellow (10YR 7/6) and red (2.5YR 4/8) silty clay loam; thick platy structure; extremely hard, extremely firm; 0.0 roots; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 40A36259