IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ALAGA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981MS059002
  • User Pedon ID: S1981MS059002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1981MS059002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0555
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49399
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 30.6102238
  • Std. Longitude: -88.4878159
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 5S
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: .1 miles south of NW corner of SE 1/4
  • Location Description: and 25 feet west of Highway 63
  • State: Mississippi
  • County: MS059—Jackson
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MS059—Jackson County, Mississippi

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Rex E. Davis and W. M. Koos
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Thermic Typic Quartzipsamments
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ALAGA
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/25/2008
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alaga
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, siliceous, thermic Psammentic Paleudult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/14/1981
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/14/1981 (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

    QUBE5

    Pinus palustris

    Quercus berberidifolia

    longleaf pine

    scrub oak

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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

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03277
    C1—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03278
    C2—23 to 58 centimeters (9.1 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loamy fine sand; 1 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium faint mottles; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03279
    C3—58 to 102 centimeters (22.8 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) loamy fine sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P03280
    C4—102 to 165 centimeters (40.2 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) loamy fine sand; weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 81P03281