IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Savannah
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006AL007002
  • User Pedon ID: S2006AL007002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0023
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19346
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024
  • 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: 32.9071388
  • Std. Longitude: -87.2114182
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Centreville West Quad, about 3.8 miles southwest of Brent; 1,450 feet west and 100 feet south of the northeast corner of Section 7 (NE ), Township 22N, Range 9E.
  • Map Unit: 57A—Savannah fine sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL007—Bibb
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL007—Bibb County, Alabama
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 32087-H2—Centreville West, Alabama
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jerome Langlinais & MLRA Staff
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Typic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Savannah
  • PSC - 25 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/19/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Savannah
  • Classificaton Date - 2/13/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: Loamy marine and fluvial terraces
  • Landscape: upper terrace coastal plain
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Geology: Coker Formation formation of the Tuscaloosa group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/13/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: Pines and crop land
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 9
  • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    moderately coherent

    69 - 130

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—17

    17—188

    69—130

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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

    150

    92

    219

    289

    Tuscaloosa FAA Airport

    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) broken face fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; low excavation difficulty; 8.0 medium roots throughout and 8.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N00129; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt—18 to 50 centimeters (7.1 to 19.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; nonfluid; low excavation difficulty; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 0.8 medium moderate-continuity irregular pores; 8 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00130; moderately moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 379409; patchy - phpvsfiid 379409
    Btx1—50 to 69 centimeters (19.7 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.8 medium roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout; 0.8 medium moderate-continuity irregular pores; 6 percent distinct silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 8 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries in matrix surrounding redox depletions and 15 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated ? to 35-? millimeter quartz fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00131; wet, satiated when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 379410; patchy - phpvsfiid 379411; patchy - phpvsfiid 379410; patchy - phpvsfiid 379411
    Btx2—69 to 109 centimeters (27.2 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face sandy clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 medium moderate-continuity irregular pores; 6 percent distinct silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 8 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, clay depletions with clear boundaries on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated ? to 35-? millimeter quartz fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00132; very moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 379412; patchy - phpvsfiid 379413; patchy - phpvsfiid 379412; patchy - phpvsfiid 379413
    Btx3—109 to 130 centimeters (42.9 to 51.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 medium moderate-continuity irregular pores; 6 percent distinct silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat well rounded indurated ? to 35-? millimeter quartz fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00133; moderately moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 379414; patchy - phpvsfiid 379415; patchy - phpvsfiid 379414; patchy - phpvsfiid 379415
    Bt4—130 to 178 centimeters (51.2 to 70.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.8 medium moderate-continuity irregular pores; 6 percent distinct silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00134; moderately moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 379416; patchy - phpvsfiid 379417; patchy - phpvsfiid 379416; patchy - phpvsfiid 379417
    B't—178 to 216 centimeters (70.1 to 85.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) broken face sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; moderate excavation difficulty; 0.8 medium moderate-continuity irregular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries on vertical faces of peds and 5 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 08N00135; moderately moist when described; observed in shovel slice. patchy - phpvsfiid 379418; patchy - phpvsfiid 379418