IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Susquehanna
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981MS039001
  • User Pedon ID: S1981MS039001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0559
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49403
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 30.9424992
  • Std. Longitude: -88.6844406
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 7.2 km SE of Lucedale 2.8 km N on gravel Rd. 2 km N of gravel Rd. 18 meters N of woods Rd. 55 meters W of pipeline.
  • Map Unit: SnB—Susquehanna fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Mississippi
  • County: MS039—George
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-LOX—Loxley, Alabama
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MS039—George County, Mississippi
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 30088-H6—Merrill, Mississippi

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Rex E. Davis and W. M. Koos
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Vertic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Susquehanna (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 13 to 63 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Susquehanna
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Vertic Paleudalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: smectitic silty-clay and clay fluviomarine deposits derived from sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: fluviomarine terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    slickensides

    8—13

    13—185

    23—185

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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

    2

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    48

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    310

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    1A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior silt loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03300. many fine roots
    1E—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; 1 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) fine distinct and 1 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine distinct mottles; weak medium granular, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03301. Mixing of adjacent horizons by earthworm activity.; many fine roots; few fine distinct 7.5YR34 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR41 mottles
    1B t—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior clay; 1 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 fine roots; , moist, clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03302. Cracks filled with overlying material.; many fine roots; few fine distinct 7.5YR34 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 1404901; continuous - phpvsfiid 1404901
    1B tg1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior and light gray (10YR 7/2) interior clay; strong fine and medium subangular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; , moist, clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03303. few fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 1404902; continuous - phpvsfiid 1404902
    1B tg2—33 to 71 centimeters (13.0 to 28.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior clay; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; , moist, clay films and 15 percent , moist, slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03304. Slickensides do not intersect.; few intersecting slickensides surface features; few fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 1404903; continuous - phpvsfiid 1404903
    1B tg3—71 to 130 centimeters (28.0 to 51.2 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior clay loam; 1 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) fine distinct and 11 percent dark red (10R 3/6) fine prominent mottles; strong coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; , moist, clay films and 15 percent , moist, slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03305. Slickensides do not intersect.; few intersecting slickensides surface features; few fine roots between peds; common fine prominent 10R36 mottles; few fine distinct 7.5YR34 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 1404905; continuous - phpvsfiid 1404905
    2B t—130 to 185 centimeters (51.2 to 72.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium faint and 30 percent light gray (5Y 7/2) coarse prominent mottles; strong fine angular blocky structure; very firm; , moist, clay films and 15 percent , moist, slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 81P03306. Slickensides about 6 inches across that do not intersect.; few intersecting slickensides surface features; many coarse prominent 5Y72 mottles; few medium faint 7.5YR58 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 1404907; continuous - phpvsfiid 1404907