IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Savannah
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 87AL023002-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 87AL023002-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S87AL-023-2
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24203
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 32.2894444
  • Std. Longitude: -88.1650000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15 N
  • Range: 2 W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4
  • Location Description: About 50 feet east of Ward's Chapel, Choctaw County, AL; 1,300 feet south and 1,300 feet east of the northwest corner of sec. 12, T. 15 N., R. 2 W.; USGS Caston topographic quadrangle.
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL023—Choctaw
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL023—Choctaw County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Typic fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Savannah
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/6/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Savannah
  • Classificaton Date - 3/12/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, loamy alluvium derived from sedimentary, unspecified
  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/12/1987 (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 - conifers
  • 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

    fragipan

    very weakly coherent

    76 - 145

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

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    25—165

    76—145

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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

    3

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    50

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) ; 52 percent sand; 42 percent silt; 6 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 4.0 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 8723-2-1; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) ; 46 percent sand; 48 percent silt; 6 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 4.0 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 8723-2-2; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—25 to 56 centimeters (9.8 to 22.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) ; 45 percent sand; 48 percent silt; 17 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron-manganese nodules in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8723-2-3; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 414138; patchy - phpvsfiid 414138
    Bt2—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) ; 53 percent sand; 34 percent silt; 13 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 5 percent sand coats on vertical faces of peds and 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent fine very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron-manganese nodules and 10 percent fine distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8723-2-4; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 414139; patchy - phpvsfiid 414140; patchy - phpvsfiid 414139; patchy - phpvsfiid 414140
    Btx1—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) ; 53 percent sand; 33 percent silt; 15 percent clay; firm; brittle; low excavation difficulty; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 30 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay depletions on vertical faces of peds and 2 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 18 percent medium faint iron depletions in matrix and 30 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8723-2-5; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 414141; patchy - phpvsfiid 414141
    Btx2—99 to 145 centimeters (39.0 to 57.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) ; 56 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 17 percent clay; firm; brittle; low excavation difficulty; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 30 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay depletions on vertical faces of peds and 2 percent fine prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 20 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8723-2-6; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 414142; patchy - phpvsfiid 414142
    B't—145 to 165 centimeters (57.1 to 65.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) ; 56 percent sand; 19 percent silt; 25 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent medium distinct red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 25 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # 8723-2-7; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. patchy - phpvsfiid 414143; patchy - phpvsfiid 414143