IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tibbie
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2007AL129004
  • User Pedon ID: S2007AL129004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0022
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19345
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 31.3232498
  • Std. Longitude: -88.2939453
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, SW 1/4
  • Location Description: In a small open prairie flat; NW 1/4, SW 1/4, Sec. 9, T4N, R3W
  • Map Unit: TPB—Tibbie and Pinebarren soils, 1 to 5 percent slopes
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL129—Washington
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL129—Washington County, Alabama
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 31088-C3—Vinegar Bend, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Sandy Page, Greg Brannon, Joey Koptis, Angela Warden
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Plinthaquic Paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tibbie (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 61 to 112 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/14/2008
  • Classifier - Sandy Page
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tibbie
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, subactive, thermic Arenic Plinthaquic Paleudults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/21/2007
  • Classifier - Sandy Page
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QA Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Sandy over clayey alluvium
  • Landscape: flats, toe slopes, and gentle side slopes upland on Southern coastal plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: parallel
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Geology: Undifferentiated formation of the Miocene (tmu) group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/21/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Joey Koptis, Sandy Page, Greg Brannon, Angela Warden
  • Air Photo ID: 16B
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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 - 35
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    plinthite

    weakly coherent

    61 - 107

    38 - 46 - 127
    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    plinthite

    0—53

    53—103

    61—107

    18—53—61

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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

    1

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    64.6

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    135

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); 94 percent brown (10YR 5/3) crushed fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent fine prominent spherical noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 2 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 2 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00122; moist when described; observed in trench
    E—13 to 53 centimeters (5.1 to 20.9 inches); 89 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 3 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 4 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 4 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded indurated ? to 4-? millimeter quartz fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded weakly coherent cemented ? to 5-? millimeter plinthite nodules fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00123; moist when described; observed in trench
    BE—53 to 61 centimeters (20.9 to 24.0 inches); 90 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/4) crushed fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine prominent spherical noncoherent cemented red (2.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 3 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded weakly coherent cemented ? to 12-? millimeter plinthite nodules fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N00124; very moist when described; observed in trench
    Btv1—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); 81 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) crushed very gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; high excavation difficulty; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 8 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 8 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded weakly coherent cemented 5-15-20 millimeter plinthite nodules fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-25-75 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments; 2 percent krotovinas (volume percent); extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00125; moist when described; observed in trench
    Btv2—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); variegated 35 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) crushed and 35 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) crushed and 20 percent red (10R 4/6) crushed and 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) crushed gravelly clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; slow permeability; high excavation difficulty; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 18 percent by volume nonflat subrounded weakly coherent cemented 2-10-25 millimeter plinthite nodules fragments and 30 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-25-75 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00126; moist when described; observed in trench
    2BC—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); variegated 35 percent red (10R 4/6) crushed and 25 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) crushed and 25 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) crushed and 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) crushed very gravelly sandy clay loam; structureless massive; very firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; very slow permeability; high excavation difficulty; 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded weakly coherent cemented 2-10-25 millimeter plinthite nodules fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-25-75 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00127; moist when described; observed in trench
    2Cg—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); 89 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) crushed sandy clay; structureless massive; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; very slow permeability; very high excavation difficulty; 3 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 8 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented red (10R 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 08N00128; slightly dry when described; observed in trench