IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Agricola
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000AL123001
  • User Pedon ID: S2000AL123001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01P0245
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 13077
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 32.6691666
  • Std. Longitude: -85.7580566
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20N
  • Range: 23E
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 625 feet north and 2250 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: about 1.1 miles southeast of Pleasant Valley Church.
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL123—Tallapoosa
  • MLRA: 136—Southern Piedmont
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL123—Tallapoosa County, Alabama
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 32085-F7—Ponders, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L.E. McGhee, C. Ford
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Rhodic Kanhapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Agricola
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Rhodic Kanhapludults
  • Classificaton Date - 4/21/2000
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/21/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - crop shrubs
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

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    50 - 100

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    kandic horizon

    0—15

    15—89

    15—89

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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

    19

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    219

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) gravelly sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine pores; 25 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P01487. The A horizon has a hue of 10R to 7.5YR, value of 3, and chroma of 2 to 6. Texture is sandy loam, loam, sandy clay loam or their gravelly analogues. (2 to 6 inches thick)
    BA—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) gravelly loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P01488
    Bt1—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 10 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P01489. The Bt horizon has hue of 2.5YR or 10R, value of 3, and chroma of 3 to 6. The lower part may have value of 4 and/or mottles in shades of brown and yellow. Texture of the Bt clay, sandy clay, clay loam, or sandy clay loam. The clay content range from 35 to 60 percent in the control section. Mica content ranges from none to common.
    Bt2—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01P01490. The Bt horizon has hue of 2.5YR or 10R, value of 3, and chroma of 3 to 6. The lower part may have value of 4 and /or mottles in shades of brown and yellow. Texture of the Bt is clay, sandy clay, clay loam, or sandy clay loam. The clay content range from 35 to 60 percent in the control section. Mica content ranges from none to common.
    Bt3—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 01P01491. The Bt horizon has hue of 2.5YR or 10R, value of 3, and chroma of 3 through 6. The lower part may have value of 4 and or mottles in shades of brown and yellow. Texture of the Bt is clay, sandy clay, clay loam, or sandy clay loam. The clay content ranges from 35 to 60 percent in the control section. Mica content ranges from none to common. (Combined thickness of the Bt horizon is 14 to 24 inches).
    Cr—89 to 203 centimeters (35.0 to 79.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 01P01492. Highly weathered tilted fractures amphibolite, platy rock structure, digs out easily. The Cr horizon is highly weathered basic crystalline soft bedrock. Seams and cracks are commonly coated with red or dark red sandy clay loam, clay loam, or clay.