IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Iuka
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 02AL041002-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 02AL041002-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S02AL-041-2
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24254
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024
  • 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: 31.6833333
  • Std. Longitude: -86.3194444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8 N
  • Range: 17 E
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: SE1/4
  • Location Description: About 2 miles southwest of Luverne, Crenshaw Co., AL; 2,800 feet north and 2,000 feet west of the southeast corner of sec. 12, T. 8 N., R. 17 E.; USGS Luverne, AL topographic quadrangle.
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL041—Crenshaw
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL041—Crenshaw County, Alabama
  • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, acid, thermic Aquic udifluvents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Iuka
  • PSC - 23 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/5/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Iuka
  • Classificaton Date - 9/16/2002
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: slightly weathered, loamy alluvium derived from metamorphic & sedimentary
  • Landscape: alluvial plain
  • Landform: natural levee
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/16/2002 (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 - hardwoods
  • 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

    0.5

    87

    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) ; 36 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 37 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 0241-2-1; observed in pit, small
    A2—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) ; 65 percent sand; 18 percent silt; 18 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0241-2-2; observed in pit, small
    C1—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) ; 72 percent sand; 16 percent silt; 13 percent clay; massive; very friable; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots and 2.0 coarse roots; 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses and 1 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0241-2-3; observed in pit, small
    C2—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) ; 66 percent sand; 16 percent silt; 18 percent clay; massive; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 1 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions and 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0241-2-4; observed in pit, small
    C3—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) ; 68 percent sand; 16 percent silt; 16 percent clay; massive; friable; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; 25 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0241-2-5; observed in pit, small
    C4—99 to 124 centimeters (39.0 to 48.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) ; 57 percent sand; 21 percent silt; 21 percent clay; massive; friable; 5 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions; 20 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0241-2-6; observed in pit, small
    Cg1—124 to 142 centimeters (48.8 to 55.9 inches); variegated 50 percent gray (10YR 6/1) and 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 25 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) ; 57 percent sand; 21 percent silt; 21 percent clay; massive; friable; 20 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0241-2-7; observed in auger, bucket
    Cg2—142 to 157 centimeters (55.9 to 61.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) ; 55 percent sand; 21 percent silt; 24 percent clay; massive; friable; 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; 20 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0241-2-8; observed in auger, bucket
    Cg3—157 to 203 centimeters (61.8 to 79.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) ; 43 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 32 percent clay; massive; friable; 15 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; 20 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3. Lab sample # 0241-2-9; observed in auger, bucket