IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Armour
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 70AL077003-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 70AL077003-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S70AL-077-3
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24292
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 2S
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4NW1/4
  • Location Description: Lauderdale County, AL; about 200 feet east of Butler Cemetary in the NE1/4, NW1/4, sec. 19, T. 2 S., R. 8 W.
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL077—Lauderdale County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, semiactive, thermic Ultic hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Armour
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/24/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Armour
  • Classificaton Date - 7/7/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, fine-silty alluvium derived from interbedded sedimentary over strongly weathered, gravelly alluvium derived from limestone, cherty
  • Landscape: alluvial plain
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/7/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    20—107

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    Setting and Climate
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 11 percent sand; 70 percent silt; 19 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 4.0 fine roots; 2 percent by volume 2-20-25 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 7077-3-1
    Bt1—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; 8 percent sand; 65 percent silt; 27 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 fine roots; 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-20-25 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 7077-3-2. patchy - phpvsfiid 417151; patchy - phpvsfiid 417151
    Bt2—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; 12 percent sand; 63 percent silt; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 fine roots; 20 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-20-25 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 7077-3-3. patchy - phpvsfiid 417152; patchy - phpvsfiid 417152
    Bt3—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silt loam; 16 percent sand; 61 percent silt; 23 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-20-25 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 7077-3-4. patchy - phpvsfiid 417153; patchy - phpvsfiid 417153
    Bt4—89 to 107 centimeters (35.0 to 42.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 15 percent sand; 54 percent silt; 31 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent fine distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; 10 percent by volume 2-20-25 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 7077-3-5. patchy - phpvsfiid 417154; patchy - phpvsfiid 417154
    2C—107 to 168 centimeters (42.1 to 66.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) extremely gravelly sandy clay loam; 57 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 24 percent clay; massive; firm; 1 percent fine distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) iron depletions; 75 percent by volume 2-25-50 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1. Lab sample # 7077-3-6