IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ATMORE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968MS047001
  • User Pedon ID: S1968MS047001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5220
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42467
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 6S
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, NW 1/4
  • Location Description: three miles northwest of Biloxi, along Mississippi Highway 67, then one mile north along Mississippi Highway 15, then 90 yards west of the roadway.
  • State: Mississippi
  • County: MS047—Harrison
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MS047—Harrison County, Mississippi

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Lloyd B. Hale and William I. Smith
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - ATMORE
  • Classificaton Date - 4/15/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/15/1965 (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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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39227
    Ag21—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak platy parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39228
    Ag22—23 to 76 centimeters (9.1 to 29.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 21 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) medium distinct mottles; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A39229
    Bg21—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silt loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 21 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) medium distinct mottles; weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A39230
    Bx1—99 to 130 centimeters (39.0 to 51.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silt loam; 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) medium distinct and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly plastic; 8 percent by volume weakly coherent cemented plinthite nodules fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A39231
    Bx2—130 to 150 centimeters (51.2 to 59.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silt loam; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and red (2.5YR 4/6) and gray (10YR 5/1) mottles; coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 8 percent by volume weakly coherent cemented plinthite nodules fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A39232
    Bx3—150 to 198 centimeters (59.1 to 78.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; 5 percent by volume weakly coherent cemented plinthite nodules fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A39233
    C1—198 to 229 centimeters (78.0 to 90.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and gray (10YR 6/1) loam; massive; friable, slightly plastic; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A39234
    C2—229 to 284 centimeters (90.2 to 111.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and gray (10YR 6/1) and red (2.5YR 4/6) loam; massive; friable, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A39235