IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Decatur
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 77AL033006-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 77AL033006-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S77AL-033-6
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24246
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4SW1/4
  • Location Description: Site 3, atlas sheet 7, Colbert County, AL.
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL033—Colbert County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Rhodic paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Decatur
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/24/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Decatur
  • Classificaton Date - 4/27/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, clayey alluvium derived from limestone, argillaceous
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/27/1977 (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 - pastureland, tame
  • 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
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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4); 7 percent sand; 66 percent silt; 28 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 77033-6-1; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—15 to 46 centimeters (5.9 to 18.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6); 6 percent sand; 60 percent silt; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent medium distinct dusky red (2.5YR 3/2) manganese coatings on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume chert fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 77033-6-2; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 414232; patchy - phpvsfiid 414232
    Bt2—46 to 74 centimeters (18.1 to 29.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6); 6 percent sand; 52 percent silt; 42 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent distinct dusky red (10R 3/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium distinct dusky red (2.5YR 3/2) manganese coatings on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 77033-6-3; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 414233; patchy - phpvsfiid 414233
    Bt3—74 to 135 centimeters (29.1 to 53.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6); 7 percent sand; 49 percent silt; 44 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots; 40 percent distinct dusky red (10R 3/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium iron-manganese concretions and 2 percent medium distinct dusky red (2.5YR 3/2) manganese coatings on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 77033-6-4; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 414234; patchy - phpvsfiid 414234
    Bt4—135 to 163 centimeters (53.1 to 64.2 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6); 8 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 47 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine dusky red (10R 3/4) iron-manganese concretions and 2 percent medium distinct 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 77033-6-5; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. patchy - phpvsfiid 414235; patchy - phpvsfiid 414235
    Bt5—163 to 203 centimeters (64.2 to 79.9 inches); dark red (10R 3/6); 9 percent sand; 44 percent silt; 47 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine dusky red (10R 3/4) iron-manganese concretions and 2 percent fine prominent reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # 77033-6-6; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. continuous - phpvsfiid 414236; continuous - phpvsfiid 414236