IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fullerton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 70AL009005-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 70AL009005-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S70AL-009-5
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24168
  • Print Date: 4/18/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 13S
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4NE1/4
  • Location Description: About 0.9 mile north from the intersection of Old Hwy. 75 and Inland Lake Road, Blount County, AL.
  • State: Alabama
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL009—Blount County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Typic paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fullerton
  • 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 - Fullerton
  • Classificaton Date - 4/20/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, clayey residuum weathered from limestone, cherty
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/20/1970 (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 - intermixed conifers and 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

    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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    300

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly loam; 37 percent sand; 48 percent silt; 15 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots; 15 percent by volume 2-15-25 millimeter chert fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 7009-5-1
    E—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; 23 percent sand; 60 percent silt; 17 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots; 10 percent by volume 2-10-25 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 7009-5-2
    BE—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silt loam; 20 percent sand; 57 percent silt; 23 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 10 percent by volume 2-10-25 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 7009-5-3. patchy - phpvsfiid 434177; patchy - phpvsfiid 434177
    Bt1—58 to 99 centimeters (22.8 to 39.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; 12 percent sand; 33 percent silt; 55 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-10-25 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 7009-5-4. continuous - phpvsfiid 434178; continuous - phpvsfiid 434178
    Bt2—99 to 130 centimeters (39.0 to 51.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) gravelly clay; 13 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 60 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent by volume 2-25-75 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 7009-5-5. continuous - phpvsfiid 434179; continuous - phpvsfiid 434179
    Bt3—130 to 160 centimeters (51.2 to 63.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) gravelly clay; 12 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 58 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent distinct clay films on rock fragments and 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; 30 percent by volume 2-25-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 7009-5-6. continuous - phpvsfiid 434180; patchy - phpvsfiid 434181; continuous - phpvsfiid 434180; patchy - phpvsfiid 434181
    Bt4—160 to 178 centimeters (63.0 to 70.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) gravelly clay; 21 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 51 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; 30 percent by volume 2-50-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9. Lab sample # 7009-5-7. continuous - phpvsfiid 434182; continuous - phpvsfiid 434182