IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ARUNDEL
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978AL035001
  • User Pedon ID: S1978AL035001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1978AL035001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0180
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45189
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • 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: 31.5552769
  • Std. Longitude: -86.8850021
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 12E
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: SW4, SW4
  • Location Description: Conecuh County, Alabama. 3 mile north of Owassa exit on I-65 (county road 29) 2 miles east on gravel road.
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL035—Conecuh
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL035—Conecuh County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. C. Fox & D. Parmer
  • 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 - 11/18/2004
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Arundel
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, mixed, thermic Typic Hapludult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/3/1978
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine textured marine deposits
  • Landform: lower coastal plain, upland slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/3/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • 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

    PIPA2

    Pinus palustris

    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    11

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    98

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    A1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary.
    Bt21—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; strong medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; thin clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00939. continuous - phpvsfiid 270293; continuous - phpvsfiid 270293
    Bt22—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) fine distinct and 3 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium distinct and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; strong medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent mica flakes, unspecified; 10 percent by volume claystone fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00940. continuous - phpvsfiid 270294; continuous - phpvsfiid 270294
    B3—56 to 61 centimeters (22.0 to 24.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay; 1 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) fine prominent and 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent thin clay films; 15 percent by volume claystone fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0. Lab sample # 78P00941. patchy - phpvsfiid 270295; patchy - phpvsfiid 270295
    Cr—61 centimeters (24.0 inches); bedrock; fragments.