IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Allen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 70AL009002-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 70AL009002-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S70AL-009-2
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24165
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: SE1/4NW1/4
  • Location Description: Blount County, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL009—Blount County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Typic hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Allen
  • PSC - 43 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/24/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - McLaurin
  • Classificaton Date - 5/18/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, loamy colluvium derived from sandstone & shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/18/1970 (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

    43—178

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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

    8

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    317

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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 67 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 6 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 6.0 fine roots; 2 percent by volume 2-15-25 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 7009-2-1
    BE—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4); 63 percent sand; 29 percent silt; 8 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; 2 percent by volume 2-15-25 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 7009-2-2
    Bt1—43 to 81 centimeters (16.9 to 31.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6); 53 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 15 percent clay; 1 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 fine roots; 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-15-25 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 7009-2-3. patchy - phpvsfiid 434168; patchy - phpvsfiid 434168
    Bt2—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8); 56 percent sand; 24 percent silt; 20 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 20 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-15-25 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 7009-2-4. patchy - phpvsfiid 434169; patchy - phpvsfiid 434169
    Bt3—107 to 142 centimeters (42.1 to 55.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6); 56 percent sand; 22 percent silt; 23 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-15-25 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 7009-2-5. patchy - phpvsfiid 434170; patchy - phpvsfiid 434170
    Bt4—142 to 178 centimeters (55.9 to 70.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6); 62 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 18 percent clay; 10 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # 7009-2-6. patchy - phpvsfiid 434171; patchy - phpvsfiid 434171