IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Una
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1988AL131006
  • User Pedon ID: 1988AL131006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S99AL-131-6
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24436
  • 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: 31.8591667
  • Std. Longitude: -87.4711111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10 N
  • Range: 6 E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: SE1/4, NW1/4
  • Location Description: About 2.25 miles south-southeast of Coy, Wilcox Co., AL; 1,500 feet south and 1,700 feet east of the northwest corner of sec. 9, T. 10 N., R. 6 E.; USGS Hybart, AL topographic quadrangle.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL131—Wilcox
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-LOX—Loxley, Alabama
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL131—Wilcox County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, acid, thermic Typic epiaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Una
  • PSC - 18 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/4/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chastain
  • Classificaton Date - 6/22/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: moderately weathered, clayey alluvium derived from sedimentary, unspecified
  • Landscape: alluvial plain
  • Landform: backswamp
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for long periods
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for long periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/22/1988 (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 -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    cambic horizon

    15—165

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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

    0

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    27

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) ; 6 percent sand; 48 percent silt; 46 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; firm; 6.0 fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 8831-6-1
    A2—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) ; 4 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 51 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 6.0 fine roots; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 8831-6-2
    Bg1—15 to 51 centimeters (5.9 to 20.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) ; 7 percent sand; 43 percent silt; 50 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 fine roots; 1 percent medium faint dark gray (5Y 4/1) iron depletions and 1 percent medium black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses and 10 percent medium distinct brown (10YR 4/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8831-6-3
    Bg2—51 to 107 centimeters (20.1 to 42.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) ; 6 percent sand; 34 percent silt; 60 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8831-6-4
    Bg3—107 to 140 centimeters (42.1 to 55.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) ; 8 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 61 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 1 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8831-6-5
    Bg4—140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) ; 7 percent sand; 33 percent silt; 60 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent medium faint olive (5Y 5/3) masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4. Lab sample # 8831-6-6