IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Waynesboro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 01AL089006-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 01AL089006-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S01AL-089-6
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24333
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 34.5973333
  • Std. Longitude: -86.5939444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: From intersection of Patton and Buxton Rds., 3,600 feet east on Buxton Rd. to Lacey Cemetary Rd.; about 350 feet north on trail; about 20 feet east in a small opening in pine plantation; Redstone Arsenal, Madison Co., AL; USGS Farley, AL topographic quadrangle.
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL089—Madison County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Typic paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Waynesboro
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/24/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Waynesboro
  • Classificaton Date - 8/29/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, clayey alluvium derived from sedimentary, unspecified
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: riser
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/29/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

    20—208

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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

    6

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    201

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6); 50 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 19 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; 10 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) worm casts; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 0189-6-1; observed in pit, small
    BA—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6); 44 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 25 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) worm casts; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 0189-6-2; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—20 to 61 centimeters (7.9 to 24.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6); 34 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 37 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 50 percent distinct dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 0189-6-3; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 416862; patchy - phpvsfiid 416862
    Bt2—61 to 135 centimeters (24.0 to 53.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6); 34 percent sand; 21 percent silt; 45 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 fine roots; 50 percent distinct dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume well rounded 5-10-20 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0189-6-4; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 416863; patchy - phpvsfiid 416863
    Bt3—135 to 190 centimeters (53.1 to 74.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6); 42 percent sand; 17 percent silt; 42 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 40 percent distinct dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume well rounded 5-10-20 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0189-6-5; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 416864; continuous - phpvsfiid 416864
    Bt4—190 to 208 centimeters (74.8 to 81.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6); 47 percent sand; 15 percent silt; 39 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 40 percent distinct dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 12 percent by volume 5-40-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # 0189-6-6; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 416865; continuous - phpvsfiid 416865