IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ARUNDEL
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978AL023001
  • User Pedon ID: S1978AL023001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0179
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45188
  • 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: 31.7672215
  • Std. Longitude: -88.2244415
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: SE1/4, NW1/4, NW1/4
  • Location Description: 3.7 miles NW of Bingam Springs, County Hwy 6.
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL023—Choctaw
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL023—Choctaw County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, montmorillonitic, thermic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ARUNDEL
  • Classificaton Date - 9/23/2005
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Arundel
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, mixed(montmorillonitic), thermic Typic Hap
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/12/1978
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: claystone
  • Landform: coastal plain upland slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/12/1978 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 10 percent by volume 2-?-15 millimeter claystone fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. 4% of 10YR 2/1 loam and partially decomposed leaf litter on surface
    Bt21—8 to 36 centimeters (3.1 to 14.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium and coarse roots; clay films; 15 percent by volume 2-?-15 millimeter claystone fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00936. continuous - phpvsfiid 295199; continuous - phpvsfiid 295199
    Bt22—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 30 percent thin clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 2-?-15 millimeter claystone fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; gradual wavy boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 295200; patchy - phpvsfiid 295200
    Bt3—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 78P00937. 3-5% soft fragments
    C1—79 to 104 centimeters (31.1 to 40.9 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/3) clay; massive; firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00938. 50% retaining rock structure same soil material old texture faces and rock channels less than 3%; yellow and brown splotches on fragments in weathered material
    Cr—104 to 114 centimeters (40.9 to 44.9 inches); bedrock; fragments. 57% hard claystone with yellow and brown splotches, firm; less than 5% firm material between fractures; fragments range in size from 4 inches to 16 inches; no evidence of root penetration; claystone can be dug or chipped, but is difficult