IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Capshaw
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
76AL033006-pgm
User Pedon ID:
76AL033006-pgm
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
AU
Lab Pedon # -
S76AL-033-6
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
24240
Print Date:
5/20/2024
LOCATION
Township:
5S
Range:
9W
Section:
18
Location Description:
On County Line Road about 2.0 miles south of its' intersection with AL 157; about 200 feet northeast of Bill Kilgore's house; Colbert County, AL; Site 3, atlas sheet 44.
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
AL033—Colbert County, Alabama
PEDON
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, mixed, semiactive, thermic Aquic paleudults
Current Taxon Kind:
taxadjunct
Pedon Type:
taxadjunct to the series
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
PedonPC
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Capshaw
PSC -
18 to 68 cm.
Classificaton Date -
2/24/2009
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
tenth edition
Moisture Class -
udic
Moisture Subclass -
aquic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Capshaw
Classificaton Date -
11/1/1976
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
strongly weathered, silty and clayey alluvium derived from sedimentary, unspecified over moderately weathered, clayey residuum weathered from limestone & shale
Landscape:
valley
Landform:
stream terrace
Geomorphic Component Terraces:
tread
Slope Complexity:
simple
Runoff:
low
Drainage Class:
somewhat poorly
Flooding:
none flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
11/1/1976 (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 -
other grass/herbaceous cover
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Yield Study ID -
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
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Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3); 14 percent sand; 68 percent silt; 18 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 7633-6-1; moist when described; observed in pit, small
Ap2—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4); 14 percent sand; 67 percent silt; 19 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 4.0 fine roots; 5 percent medium faint light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) iron depletions and 5 percent fine distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) manganese coatings on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 7633-6-2; moist when described; observed in pit, small
Bt1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6); 5 percent sand; 61 percent silt; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) iron depletions and 5 percent medium faint light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) iron depletions and 10 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 7633-6-3; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 414237; patchy - phpvsfiid 414237
Bt2—28 to 53 centimeters (11.0 to 20.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4); 4 percent sand; 59 percent silt; 37 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium prominent 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 7633-6-4; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 414238; patchy - phpvsfiid 414238
Bt3—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4); 5 percent sand; 58 percent silt; 38 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium prominent 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium distinct light gray (5Y 7/2) iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 7633-6-5; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 414239; patchy - phpvsfiid 414239
Bt4—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); 10Y 5/6 (10Y 5/6); 4 percent sand; 46 percent silt; 50 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent medium distinct light gray (5Y 7/1) iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 7633-6-6; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 414240; patchy - phpvsfiid 414240
Bt5—94 to 155 centimeters (37.0 to 61.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 6 percent sand; 53 percent silt; 41 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent medium iron-manganese concretions and 15 percent coarse light gray (5Y 7/1) clay depletions between peds and 30 percent medium distinct gray (5Y 6/1) iron depletions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 7633-6-7; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 414241; patchy - phpvsfiid 414241