IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fruithurst
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 72AL029009-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 72AL029009-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S72AL-029-9
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24235
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 16 S
  • Range: 12 E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4, SW1/4
  • Location Description: About 1.0 mile west-northwest of the Antioch Church, Cleburne County, AL; photo CPK-2EE-94.
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL029—Cleburne
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL029—Cleburne County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Typic hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fruithurst
  • PSC - 13 to 63 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/11/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nason
  • Classificaton Date - 9/13/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Talladega Slate
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: weakly coherent moderate weathered slate at 91cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/13/1972 (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 Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    weakly coherent

    91 - 127

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

    13—91

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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

    13

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    317

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) ; weak medium granular structure; friable; 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots and 5.0 coarse roots; 10 percent by volume subangular indurated quartz fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 7229-9-1; observed in pit, small
    A2—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) ; 43 percent sand; 44 percent silt; 12 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; friable; 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots and 5.0 coarse roots; 10 percent by volume subangular indurated quartz fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 7229-9-2; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—13 to 33 centimeters (5.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) ; 38 percent sand; 47 percent silt; 15 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume subangular indurated quartz fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 7229-9-3; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 414207; patchy - phpvsfiid 414207
    Bt2—33 to 71 centimeters (13.0 to 28.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) ; 24 percent sand; 41 percent silt; 35 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 20 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume subangular indurated quartz fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 7229-9-4; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 414208; patchy - phpvsfiid 414208
    Bt3—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) ; 20 percent sand; 43 percent silt; 37 percent clay; 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse distinct irregular and 5 percent red (2.5YR 5/6) coarse faint irregular mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume subangular indurated quartz fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 7229-9-5; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 414209; continuous - phpvsfiid 414209
    Cr—91 to 127 centimeters (35.8 to 50.0 inches); ; massive; low excavation difficulty; fragments. Lab sample # 7229-9-6; observed in pit, small