IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Columbus
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2016AL007013
  • User Pedon ID: S2016AL007013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 18N0190
  • User Project ID: TALL_008_NEON
  • Project Name: Talladega National Forest
  • Print Date: 12/6/2025

    • 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: 32.8845833
  • Std. Longitude: -87.4546389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Talladega National Forest in Bibb and Hale County Alabama.
  • Map Unit: MsF—Maubila-Smithdale complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL007—Bibb
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 32087-H4—Payne Lake, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Burns, Hopkins, Moore
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Aquic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Columbus
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Aquic Hapludults
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 3/28/2016
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: local alluvium and/or marine deposits
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • RaCA Site ID - TALL_013
  • DSP Plot ID - SW
  • Plot Baseline Azimuth - 35
  • Plot Baseline Length - 3
  • Plot Width - 40
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - Center of Pit
  • Plot or Site Recorder - Burns, John

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/9/2016 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Burns, Hopkins, Moore
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    umbric epipedon

    0—85

    0—36

    —85—

    —36—
    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

    6

    —

    —

    114

    —

    270

    1488

    —

    229

    16.9

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    A1—0 to 36 centimeters (0.0 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; friable; many (20.0) very fine roots throughout and common (5.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 18N01353; observed in pit, small
    A2—36 to 85 centimeters (14.2 to 33.5 inches); 70 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; friable; common (5.0) medium roots throughout and common (5.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 18N01354; observed in pit, small
    Bt—85 to 100 centimeters (33.5 to 39.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; 27 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 18N01355; observed in pit, small