IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dothan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2006AL041004
  • User Pedon ID: 2006AL041004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S06AL-041-4
  • Print Date: 2/18/2026

    • 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: 31.5422222
  • Std. Longitude: -86.3255556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7 N
  • Range: 17 E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4
  • Location Description: James Mitchell farm, Brantley, Crenshaw Co., AL; USGS Brantley, AL topographic quadrangle.
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL041—Crenshaw
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-TUS—Tuskegee, Alabama
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL041—Crenshaw County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Plinthic Kandiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dothan
  • PSC - 64 to 114 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/20/2015
  • Classifier - Alvin Perez
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dothan
  • Classificaton Date - 6/28/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, loamy alluvium derived from sedimentary, unspecified
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Pattern: centripetal
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/28/2006 (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 -
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    plinthite

    0—64

    64—186

    101—186

    —64—

    —122—

    —85—
    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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    104

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loamy sand; 76 percent sand; 21 percent silt; 3 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 4.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 0641-4-1; moist when described; observed in push tube
    BE—25 to 64 centimeters (9.8 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; 67 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 7 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 4.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 0641-4-2; moist when described; observed in push tube
    Bt—64 to 101 centimeters (25.2 to 39.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; 61 percent sand; 22 percent silt; 17 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium faint pale brown (10YR 6/3) clay depletions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0641-4-3; moist when described; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 1199760; patchy - phpvsfiid 1199760
    Btv1—101 to 128 centimeters (39.8 to 50.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; 56 percent sand; 18 percent silt; 26 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium yellowish red (5YR 5/8) plinthite nodules and 1 percent medium faint light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) iron depletions and 5 percent medium ironstone nodules and 5 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.2, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0641-4-4; moist when described; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 1199761; patchy - phpvsfiid 1199761
    Btv2—128 to 155 centimeters (50.4 to 61.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay; 45 percent sand; 13 percent silt; 43 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium ironstone nodules and 6 percent medium yellowish red (5YR 5/8) plinthite nodules and 10 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/1) iron depletions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0641-4-5; moist when described; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 1199762; patchy - phpvsfiid 1199762
    Btv3—155 to 186 centimeters (61.0 to 73.2 inches); 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 40 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) and 20 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) sandy clay; 50 percent sand; 5 percent silt; 45 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent medium yellowish red (5YR 5/8) plinthite nodules and 5 percent medium ironstone nodules; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 0641-4-6; moist when described; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 1199763; patchy - phpvsfiid 1199763
    BC—186 to 196 centimeters (73.2 to 77.2 inches); 50 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) and 30 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) and 20 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) sandy clay loam; 70 percent sand; 2 percent silt; 28 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent medium yellowish red (5YR 5/8) plinthite nodules and 5 percent medium ironstone nodules; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter. Lab sample # 0641-4-7; moist when described; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 1199764; patchy - phpvsfiid 1199764