IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Emory
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
01AL089001-pgm
User Pedon ID:
01AL089001-pgm
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
AU
Lab Pedon # -
S01AL-089-1
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
24328
Print Date:
5/29/2024
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:
34.6992778
Std. Longitude:
-86.6730000
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
About 500 feet west of Gate 9, Redstone Arsenal; Madison County, AL; USGS Madison topographic quadrangle.
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
AL089—Madison County, Alabama
PEDON
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, mixed, semiactive, thermic Oxyaquic eutrudepts
Current Taxon Kind:
taxadjunct
Pedon Type:
taxadjunct to the series
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
PedonPC
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Emory
PSC -
58 to 133 cm.
Classificaton Date -
2/24/2009
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
tenth edition
Moisture Class -
udic
Moisture Subclass -
oxyaquic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Emory
Classificaton Date -
8/28/2001
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
0
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
moderately weathered, loamy alluvium derived from limestone, cherty over moderately weathered, clayey residuum weathered from limestone, cherty
Landform:
drainageway
Slope Complexity:
simple
Runoff:
low
Drainage Class:
well
Flooding:
rare flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
8/28/2001 (actual site observation date)
Air Photo ID:
Surface Water Kind:
none observed
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
grass/herbaceous cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
hayland
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Yield Study ID -
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
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Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) silty clay loam; 8 percent sand; 64 percent silt; 28 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 6.0 very fine roots and 6.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 0189-1-1
A—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) silty clay loam; 8 percent sand; 64 percent silt; 28 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 very fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 0189-1-2
Ab—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 56 percent silt; 35 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 very fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 0189-1-3
Btb1—58 to 99 centimeters (22.8 to 39.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 11 percent sand; 51 percent silt; 38 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine reticulate black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0189-1-4. patchy - phpvsfiid 416836; patchy - phpvsfiid 416836
Btb2—99 to 117 centimeters (39.0 to 46.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 17 percent sand; 47 percent silt; 36 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 5 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0189-1-5. patchy - phpvsfiid 416837; patchy - phpvsfiid 416837
Btb3—117 to 157 centimeters (46.1 to 61.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) silty clay; 15 percent sand; 44 percent silt; 40 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 25 percent distinct dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions; 2 percent by volume 10-30-50 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0189-1-6. patchy - phpvsfiid 416838; patchy - phpvsfiid 416838
Btb4—157 to 180 centimeters (61.8 to 70.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; 19 percent sand; 43 percent silt; 38 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 25 percent distinct dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions and 10 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume 10-30-50 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0189-1-7. patchy - phpvsfiid 416839; patchy - phpvsfiid 416839
2Btb5—180 to 203 centimeters (70.9 to 79.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) very gravelly clay; 23 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 47 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 40 percent distinct dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine spherical black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions and 25 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; 50 percent by volume 10-30-50 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6. Lab sample # 0189-1-8. patchy - phpvsfiid 416840; patchy - phpvsfiid 416840