IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SAUCIER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981MS047001
  • User Pedon ID: S1981MS047001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1981MS047001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0558
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49402
  • 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: 30.6332779
  • Std. Longitude: -89.1778336
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 1 mile west of Saucier on Saucier-Lizona road, 2 miles northwest on gravel road, 50 feet south into woods, SE 1/4, SW 1/4
  • State: Mississippi
  • County: MS047—Harrison
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MS047—Harrison County, Mississippi

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Rex E. Davis and W. M. Koos
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Plinthaquic Paleudults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - SAUCIER
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Saucier
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Plinthaquic Paleudu
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/15/1981
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/15/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    3

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03293
    BW—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03294
    BT1-2—30 to 66 centimeters (11.8 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent plinthite nodules; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03295. patchy - phpvsfiid 200181; patchy - phpvsfiid 200181
    BTV1—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium faint and 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) medium prominent and 3 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent plinthite nodules; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03296
    2BTV2—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and gray (10YR 6/1) and dark red (10R 3/6) and red (2.5YR 4/8) silty clay loam; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent plinthite nodules; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03297
    2BTV3—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) and dark red (10R 3/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silty clay loam; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P03298
    2BT5-2—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and red (2.5YR 4/8) silty clay; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 81P03299. patchy - phpvsfiid 200185; patchy - phpvsfiid 200185