IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dickson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002AL089001
  • User Pedon ID: S2002AL089001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0183
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14231
  • Print Date: 1/31/2025

    • 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: 34.9016495
  • Std. Longitude: -86.5384827
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL089—Madison
  • MLRA: 128—Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • Regional Office: 6—Morgantown, WV

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bobby Fox, Doug Clendenon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dickson
  • Classificaton Date - 2/5/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over alluvium
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/5/2002 (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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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) silty clay loam; 2 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) and 5 percent 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) mottles; moderate medium granular structure; fragments. Lab sample # 02N00710
    Ap2—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse structure; fragments. Lab sample # 02N00711
    Bt1—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; fragments. Lab sample # 02N00712
    Bt2—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; weak and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; fragments. Lab sample # 02N00713
    Btx1—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; fragments. Lab sample # 02N00714
    2Btx2—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; fragments. Lab sample # 02N00715
    2Btx3—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; fragments. Lab sample # 02N00716