IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Robertsville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 05AL083001-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 05AL083001-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S05AL-083-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24303
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 34.7230556
  • Std. Longitude: -87.0927778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4, SE1/4
  • Location Description: About 7.8 miles southwest on CR 29 from its' junction with U.S. 72; 500 feet on the southeast side of CR 29; Limestone County, AL.; USGS Jones Crossroads, AL topographic quadrangle.
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL083—Limestone County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active Typic fragiaquults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Robertsville
  • PSC - 53 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/24/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Robertsville
  • Classificaton Date - 7/7/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, silty alluvium derived from sedimentary, unspecified over strongly weathered, clayey residuum weathered from limestone, argillaceous
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: depression
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for long periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/7/2005 (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 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    very weakly coherent

    94 - 226

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    aquic conditions

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    33—226

    53—226

    94—226

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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

    1

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    210

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4); 2 percent sand; 54 percent silt; 44 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 6.0 very fine roots and 6.0 fine roots; 10 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions and 10 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 0583-1-1; moist when described;
    A—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4); 4 percent sand; 67 percent silt; 30 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 6.0 very fine roots and 6.0 fine roots; 5 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings on faces of peds and 10 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions and 25 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 0583-1-2; moist when described;
    Eg—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1); 7 percent sand; 80 percent silt; 13 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 very fine roots and 6.0 fine roots; 10 percent medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 10 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron lining pores; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 0583-1-3; moist when described;
    Btg1—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1); 3 percent sand; 51 percent silt; 47 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 0583-1-4; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 414319; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 414319
    Btg2—71 to 94 centimeters (28.0 to 37.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1); 2 percent sand; 47 percent silt; 51 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent faint dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0583-1-5; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 414320; continuous - phpvsfiid 414320
    Btgx1—94 to 132 centimeters (37.0 to 52.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1); 4 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 51 percent clay; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium platy structure; firm; brittle; faint dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 30 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0583-1-6; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 414321; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 414321
    Btgx2—132 to 191 centimeters (52.0 to 75.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1); 10 percent sand; 52 percent silt; 38 percent clay; moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; firm; brittle; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 2 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; ultra acid, pH 3.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0583-1-7; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 414322; patchy - phpvsfiid 414322
    Btgx3—191 to 226 centimeters (75.2 to 89.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2); 12 percent sand; 58 percent silt; 30 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; firm; brittle; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 2 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; extremely acid, pH 3.7. Lab sample # 0583-1-8; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 414323; patchy - phpvsfiid 414323