IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BASIN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967MS047003
  • User Pedon ID: S1967MS047003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1967MS047003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5223
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42470
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 3 miles northwest of Biloxi, along Mississippi Highway 67, 1.1 miles north along Mississippi Highway 15, and 50 yards northwest of the roadway; NE 1/4, NW 1/4
  • Location Description: well site number 5
  • State: Mississippi
  • County: MS047—Harrison
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MS047—Harrison County, Mississippi

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. I. Smith and W. M. Koos
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - BASIN
  • Classificaton Date - 8/23/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/23/1967 (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

    MYCO9

    PIEL

    PIPA2

    Myrtus communis

    Pinus elliottii

    Pinus palustris

    myrtle

    slash pine

    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
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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) very fine sandy loam; 3 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine distinct mottles; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; 1 percent medium plinthite nodules; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39256
    A21—10 to 41 centimeters (3.9 to 16.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) very fine sandy loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct and 3 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) coarse distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; 1 percent fine and medium plinthite nodules; fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A39257
    A22—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) very fine sandy loam; 3 percent dark red (10R 3/6) fine prominent and 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) coarse faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; 1 percent fine and medium plinthite nodules; fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A39258
    B1—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); loam; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and gray (10YR 6/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and dark red (10R 3/6) mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 1 percent medium plinthite nodules; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39259
    Bx1—89 to 119 centimeters (35.0 to 46.9 inches); loam; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and gray (10YR 6/1) and dark red (10R 3/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky structure; clay films on faces of peds; 7 percent noncoherent cemented plinthite nodules; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39260. patchy - phpvsfiid 200271; patchy - phpvsfiid 200271
    Bx2—119 to 150 centimeters (46.9 to 59.1 inches); loam; gray (10YR 6/1) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and dark red (10R 3/6) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky structure; clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent medium plinthite nodules; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39261. patchy - phpvsfiid 200278; patchy - phpvsfiid 200278
    B2t—150 to 185 centimeters (59.1 to 72.8 inches); clay loam; brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and gray (10YR 6/1) and dark red (10R 3/6) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent medium plinthite nodules; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39262. patchy - phpvsfiid 200283; patchy - phpvsfiid 200283
    B3t—185 to 221 centimeters (72.8 to 87.0 inches); clay loam; brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and dark red (10R 3/6) and gray (N 6/0) mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; clay films; 1 percent medium plinthite nodules; fragments. Lab sample # 40A39263. patchy - phpvsfiid 200284; patchy - phpvsfiid 200284