IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rosebloom
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2016MS105001
  • User Pedon ID: S2016MS105001
  • User Site Association ID: Region 7 FY-16 NWCA Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 17N0129
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87623
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024
  • 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: 33.2992500
  • Std. Longitude: -88.8161944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: Mu—Mathiston silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded
  • State: Mississippi
  • County: MS105—Oktibbeha
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-MER—Meridian, Mississippi
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MS105—Oktibbeha County, Mississippi
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Craig Harris, C. Hatcher, J. Velazquez
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, acid, thermic Fluvaquentic Endoaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty alluvium
  • Landscape: alluvial plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: dip
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/27/2016 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: J. Craig Harris
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - partly cloudy
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    endosaturation

    reduced matrix

    redox concentrations

    0—18

    18—65

    18—203

    18—203

    18—203

    —18—

    —47—

    —185—

    —185—

    —185—

    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

    98.7

    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face silt loam; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many very fine roots throughout and common very coarse roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and common coarse roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00750; wet, non-satiated when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg1—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) broken face silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; common medium vesicular and common fine vesicular pores; 1 percent fine prominent spherical black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses in matrix and 10 percent coarse prominent irregular light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, iron-manganese masses on faces of peds and 15 percent medium prominent irregular light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, iron-manganese masses on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00751; wet, non-satiated when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg2—36 to 65 centimeters (14.2 to 25.6 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) broken face silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine prominent spherical black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses in matrix and 10 percent coarse prominent irregular light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, iron-manganese masses on faces of peds and 15 percent medium prominent irregular light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, iron-manganese masses on faces of peds; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00752; wet, non-satiated when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg3—65 to 90 centimeters (25.6 to 35.4 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) broken face very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent coarse prominent irregular light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, iron-manganese masses on faces of peds and 15 percent medium prominent irregular light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, iron-manganese masses on faces of peds; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00753; wet, satiated when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Cg1—90 to 137 centimeters (35.4 to 53.9 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) broken face silty clay loam; structureless massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent coarse prominent spherical very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron-manganese masses and 10 percent medium distinct irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 15 percent fine prominent irregular brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00754; wet, satiated when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Cg2—137 to 203 centimeters (53.9 to 79.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face silty clay loam; strong massive; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent fine prominent spherical very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, manganese masses and 10 percent very coarse irregular light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, iron-manganese masses and 10 percent medium prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 15 percent fine distinct irregular brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent coarse distinct irregular light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments. Lab sample # 17N00755; wet, satiated when described; observed in auger, bucket