IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Smithdale

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2013MS153001

User Pedon ID: S2013MS153001

Vegetation Plot ID: 2013MS153001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - KSSL

Lab Pedon # - 14N0296

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 73112

Print Date: 12/11/2024

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: 31.7737500

Std. Longitude: -88.6315833

Datum: WGS84

Township: 9 N

Range: 6 W

Section: 6

PLSS Details: SE1/4 SW1/4

Location Description: Wayne County, Mississippi about 1390 feet North and 1960 feet East of the Southwest corner of Sec. 6.

Map Unit: SmE—Smithdale fine sandy loam, 15 to 35 percent slopes

Country: US—United States

State: Mississippi

County: MS153—Wayne

MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain

Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL

MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-MER—Meridian, Mississippi

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MS153—Wayne County, Mississippi

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 31088-G6—Shubuta, Mississippi

PEDON

Describers Name: C. Hatcher, J. Velazquez-Garcia

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, subactive, thermic Typic Hapludults

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: OSD pedon

Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Smithdale (flagged as OSD)

PSC - 28 to 79 cm.

Classificaton Date - 6/28/2013

Classifier - Chris Hatcher, Joxelle Velazquez-Garcia

Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - udic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:

Forest Overstory Veg. Type - tree

Forest Understory Veg. Type - shrub

Forest Groundcover Veg. Type Dominant - perennial forbs or herbaceous

Forest Groundcover Veg. Type Secondary - shrub

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: fine-loamy marine deposits derived from sedimentary rock

Landscape: coastal plain

Landform: hillslope

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Hill Slope Profile: shoulder

Slope Position: upper third

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Runoff: high

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Geology: Miocene member of the Catahoula formation.

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 6/28/2013 (actual site observation date)

Data Collector: C. Hatcher, J. Velazquez-Garcia

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion rill

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
CAOV2 PIEC2 PITA QUAL QUFA	Carya ovata Pinus echinata Pinus taeda Quercus alba Quercus falcata	shagbark hickory shortleaf pine loblolly pine white oak southern red oak	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon argillic horizon	0—28 28—210	—28— —182—

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
20	20	49	101	—	338	1475	—	230	17.5	—	9	27.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; many (10.0) very fine roots throughout and common (5.0) medium roots throughout and many (10.0) fine roots throughout and common (5.0) coarse roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01521; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry

E—3 to 28 centimeters (1.2 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; many (10.0) very fine roots throughout and common (5.0) very coarse roots throughout and many (10.0) medium roots throughout and common (5.0) coarse roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01522; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry

Bt1—28 to 100 centimeters (11.0 to 39.4 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few (0.5) very fine roots throughout and common (5.0) fine roots throughout; 60 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular moderately coherent cemented 2-15-20 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01523; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry

Bt2—100 to 126 centimeters (39.4 to 49.6 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few (0.5) medium roots throughout and few (0.5) fine roots throughout; 50 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, sand coats between sand grains and 60 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 45 percent fine faint platy weakly coherent cemented mica flakes, unspecified with clear boundaries between peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-15-20 millimeter quartz fragments observed by visual inspection method and 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular moderately coherent cemented 2-15-20 millimeter ironstone nodules fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH indicator solutions; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01524; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry

Bt3—126 to 160 centimeters (49.6 to 63.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few (0.5) very fine roots throughout; 25 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, sand coats between sand grains and 40 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 45 percent fine faint platy weakly coherent cemented mica flakes, unspecified with clear boundaries between peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01525; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry

Bt4—160 to 210 centimeters (63.0 to 82.7 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint skeletans between sand grains and 10 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, sand coats between sand grains; 45 percent fine faint platy weakly coherent cemented mica flakes, unspecified with clear boundaries between peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01526; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry