IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CHASTAIN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965MS115001
  • User Pedon ID: S1965MS115001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A3964
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 39607
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 34.2751312
  • Std. Longitude: -89.1022797
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9S
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, NW 1/4
  • Location Description: 6 miles west of Pontotoc on Highway 6 in Mud Creek Bottom.
  • State: Mississippi
  • County: MS115—Pontotoc
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MS115—Pontotoc County, Mississippi

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. E. Bright and R. C. Carter
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - CHASTAIN
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/21/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/21/1965 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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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    APG—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; 3 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine faint mottles; massive; friable, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30358
    A12G—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 3 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine faint mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) and 1 percent fine brown (10YR 5/3); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30359
    B1G—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; 3 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) and 3 percent fine brown (10YR 5/3); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A30360
    B21G—46 to 74 centimeters (18.1 to 29.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct and 3 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium brown (10YR 5/3) and 1 percent fine and medium black (10YR 2/1); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30361
    B22G—74 to 112 centimeters (29.1 to 44.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent and 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine red (10R 4/6) and 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30362
    B23G—112 to 130 centimeters (44.1 to 51.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent clay films; 3 percent fine and medium red (10R 4/6) and 3 percent fine and medium black (10YR 2/1); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30363
    B24G—130 to 180 centimeters (51.2 to 70.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine and medium brown (10YR 5/3) and 3 percent fine and medium black (10YR 2/1); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A30364
    B3G—180 to 211 centimeters (70.9 to 83.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3 percent fine and medium weakly coherent cemented brown (10YR 5/3) and 3 percent fine and medium weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A30365
    CG—211 to 251 centimeters (83.1 to 98.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium and coarse distinct mottles; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; brown (10YR 5/3); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A30366