IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ARUNDEL
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978AL099001
  • User Pedon ID: S1978AL099001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0181
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45190
  • 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: 31.6511116
  • Std. Longitude: -87.3491669
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet west and 200 feet south of the NE corner of the NW 1/4
  • Location Description: in a forested area, about 5 miles northeast of Fountain.
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL099—Monroe
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL099—Monroe 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 - 11/18/2004
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Arundel
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey marine deposits derived from shale and siltstone
  • Landform: upland of coastal plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1978 (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
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    25

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary.
    Bt2—13 to 46 centimeters (5.1 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00942
    Bt3—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay; 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium mottles; strong very fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00943
    Cr—56 to 137 centimeters (22.0 to 53.9 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) bedrock; weak fine platy structure; hard; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, organic stains on rock fragments; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8.