IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dothan

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2007AL067001

User Pedon ID: S2007AL067001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 08N0018

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19341

Print Date: 11/23/2024

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: 31.3547783

Std. Longitude: -85.3251114

Datum: WGS84

Township: 4N

Range: 27E

Section: 3

PLSS Details: NE 1/4, NW 1/4

Location Description: Henry County, Alabama. Wiregrass Experiment Station; south side of Alabama Highway 134; NE 1/4, NW 1/4; Section 3, R27E, T4N.

State: Alabama

County: AL067—Henry

MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain

Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL

MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-TUS—Tuskegee, Alabama

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL067—Henry County, Alabama

PEDON

Describers Name: Brannon, G.; Anderson S.; and Gamble J.

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Plinthic Kandiudults

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: OSD pedon

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Pedon #: 1

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Dothan

Classificaton Date - 1/21/2015

Classifier - Alvin Perez

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Dothan

Classificaton Date - 12/28/2006

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 2

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

Certification Status: certified

QC Status: level 1

QA Status: level 1

SITE

Parent Material: unconsolidated marine sediments

Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve

Slope Position: middle third

Slope Complexity: simple

Runoff: medium

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 12/28/2006 (actual site observation date)

Surface Water Kind: none observed

Microrelief Kind: microhigh

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Current Weather - overcast

Current Air Temp - 13

Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
Horizon	Top Depth	Bottom Depth	Sample ID	Data Collector	Total Clay	CaCO3 Clay	Total Silt	Fine Silt	Co. Silt	Total Sand	Total Sand Method	VC Sand	Co. Sand	Med. Sand	Fine Sand	VF Sand	VF Sand Method	Texture Class - Field Lab	Rubbed Fiber	Unrubbed Fiber	pH H2O
	cm	cm			%	%	%	%	%	%		%	%	%	%	%			%	%
Ap Ap Bt1 Bt1 Bt2 Bt2 Btv1 Btv1 Btv2 Btv2	0 0 33 33 56 56 91 91 132 132	33 33 56 56 91 91 132 132 203 203	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —

Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
Horizon	Top Depth	Bottom Depth	Sample ID	pH CaCl2	pH NaF	pH Ox	Delta pH	LL	PL	PI	Atter. Samp. Cond.	COLE	Pot. Acidity	Ca + Mg - Meh 2	K	Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste	KCl Extract. Acidity	Base Sat. - Meh 2	CEC-7	CEC-8.2
	cm	cm						%	%	%		cm/cm	meq/100g	cmol(+)/kg	cmol(+)/kg	mmol(+)/l	cmol(+)/kg	%	cmol(+)/kg	cmol(+)/kg
Ap Ap Bt1 Bt1 Bt2 Bt2 Btv1 Btv1 Btv2 Btv2	0 0 33 33 56 56 91 91 132 132	33 33 56 56 91 91 132 132 203 203	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —		— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —

Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
Horizon	Top Depth	Bottom Depth	Sample ID	ECEC	Phosphate P	NO3-N	EC	EC Method	EC 1:5 by volume	CaCO3 Equiv.	Equiv. Gypsum	Na	SAR	Gypsum Req.	Humic Color	Fulvic Color	Humic + Fulvic Color	Al	PI	Pyro. Hue	PyrO. Value	Pyro. Chroma
	cm	cm		cmol(+)/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	dS/m		dS/m	%	%	mmol(+)/l	%	L-pcu/g	L-pcu/g	L-pcu/g	%
Ap Ap Bt1 Bt1 Bt2 Bt2 Btv1 Btv1 Btv2 Btv2	0 0 33 33 56 56 91 91 132 132	33 33 56 56 91 91 132 132 203 203	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	0 — 0 — 0 — 0 — 0 —	— 0 — 0 — 0 — 0 — 0	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon argillic horizon plinthite	0—33 33—203 91—203	—33— —170— —110—

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
3	—	—	106	—	275	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap—0 to 33 centimeters (0.0 to 13.0 inches); 90 percent brown (10YR 4/3) interior sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, weak, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N00097; moist when described; observed in trench

Bt1—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); 95 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) broken face sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, weak, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N00098; moist when described; observed in trench

Bt2—56 to 91 centimeters (22.0 to 35.8 inches); 85 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) broken face sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, weak, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent medium distinct spherical noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent medium distinct spherical weakly coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00099; moist when described; observed in trench

Btv1—91 to 132 centimeters (35.8 to 52.0 inches); 65 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) broken face sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, weak, slightly sticky, nonplastic; slow permeability; 1.0 fine roots top of horizon; 5 percent medium distinct spherical noncoherent cemented red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, with clear boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct spherical noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, with clear boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct spherical noncoherent cemented yellow (10YR 7/8), moist, with clear boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct spherical noncoherent cemented with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 10 percent medium distinct spherical moderately coherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00100; wet when described; observed in trench

Btv2—132 to 203 centimeters (52.0 to 79.9 inches); variegated broken face sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, weak, slightly sticky, nonplastic; slow permeability; 0.2 fine roots between peds; 20 percent coarse distinct spherical noncoherent cemented red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, with clear boundaries in matrix and 20 percent coarse distinct spherical noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, with clear boundaries in matrix and 20 percent coarse distinct spherical noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) with clear boundaries in matrix and 20 percent coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 20 percent coarse distinct spherical noncoherent cemented yellow (10YR 7/8), moist, with clear boundaries in matrix; 20 percent medium distinct spherical moderately coherent cemented red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 08N00101; moist when described; observed in trench