IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Escambia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006AL053001
  • User Pedon ID: S2006AL053001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S06AL-053-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24267
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 31.1066667
  • Std. Longitude: -87.5533333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2 N
  • Range: 5 E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4
  • Location Description: Poarch Creek Indian Reservation, Escambia Co., AL; USGS Freemanville, AL topographic quadrangle.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL053—Escambia
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-LOX—Loxley, Alabama
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL053—Escambia County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: George Martin
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Plinthaquic paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Escambia
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/8/2014
  • Classifier - Sandy Page
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Escambia
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Plinthaquic Paleudults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/14/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QA Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Citronelle Formation
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/14/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: George Martin
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    plinthite

    0—38

    38—203

    60—203

    —38—

    —165—

    —143—
    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

    0.5

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    —

    99

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    2181

    Perdido Riv Farms

    SCAN
    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) fine sandy loam; 56 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 8 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 6.0 very fine roots and 6.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0653-1-1; observed in vibracore tube
    E—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) fine sandy loam; 56 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 9 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0653-1-2; observed in vibracore tube
    Bt—38 to 60 centimeters (15.0 to 23.6 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) fine sandy loam; 54 percent sand; 35 percent silt; 11 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent medium ironstone nodules and 10 percent medium faint light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) iron depletions and 25 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0653-1-3; observed in vibracore tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 1592073; patchy - phpvsfiid 1592073
    Btv1—60 to 90 centimeters (23.6 to 35.4 inches); variegated 45 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 30 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and 15 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) loam; 51 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 13 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent medium yellowish red (5YR 5/8) plinthite nodules and 5 percent medium ironstone nodules; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.9; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0653-1-4; observed in vibracore tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 1592074; patchy - phpvsfiid 1592074
    Btv2—90 to 114 centimeters (35.4 to 44.9 inches); variegated 45 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 30 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 15 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) and 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine sandy loam; 53 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 20 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium yellowish red (5YR 5/8) plinthite nodules and 5 percent medium ironstone nodules; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0653-1-5; observed in vibracore tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 1592075; patchy - phpvsfiid 1592075
    Btv3—114 to 140 centimeters (44.9 to 55.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; 46 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 23 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium ironstone nodules and 8 percent medium yellowish red (5YR 5/8) plinthite nodules and 25 percent medium distinct light gray (2.5Y 7/2) iron depletions and 25 percent medium distinct red (2.5YR 5/8) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0653-1-6; observed in vibracore tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 1592076; patchy - phpvsfiid 1592076
    Btv4—140 to 151 centimeters (55.1 to 59.4 inches); 25 percent gray (2.5Y 6/1) clay loam; 44 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 29 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium ironstone nodules and 6 percent medium yellowish red (5YR 5/8) plinthite nodules and 25 percent medium distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1) iron depletions and 25 percent medium distinct red (2.5YR 4/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0. Lab sample # 0653-1-7; observed in vibracore tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 1592077; patchy - phpvsfiid 1592077
    Btvg—151 to 203 centimeters (59.4 to 79.9 inches); 25 percent gray (2.5Y 6/1) clay loam; 44 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 29 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium ironstone nodules and 6 percent medium yellowish red (5YR 5/8) plinthite nodules and 25 percent medium distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1) iron depletions and 25 percent medium distinct red (2.5YR 4/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0. Lab sample # 0653-1-7; observed in vibracore tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 1506100; patchy - phpvsfiid 1506100