IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cowarts
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 89AL087005-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 89AL087005-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S89AL-087-5
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24317
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 32.4966667
  • Std. Longitude: -85.6200000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17 N
  • Range: 25 E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4
  • Location Description: About 0.75 mile northwest of Alliance; 1,550 feet south and 400 feet east of the northwest corner of sec. 5, t. 17 N., R. 25 E.; USGS Little Texas, AL topographic quadrangle.
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL087—Macon
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL087—Macon County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, subactive Typic hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cowarts
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/5/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cowarts
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/1989
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, loamy fluviomarine deposits derived from metamorphic, unspecified
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/27/1989 (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 Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

    25—99

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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

    11

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    133

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) ; 86 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 5 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume rounded quartzite fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 8987-5-1
    BE—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) ; 82 percent sand; 12 percent silt; 7 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume rounded quartzite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 8987-5-2
    Bt1—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) ; 66 percent sand; 7 percent silt; 27 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium prominent light red (2.5YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent medium distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume rounded quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8987-5-3. patchy - phpvsfiid 414363; patchy - phpvsfiid 414363
    Bt2—46 to 74 centimeters (18.1 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) ; 70 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 22 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium distinct reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume rounded quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 8987-5-4. patchy - phpvsfiid 414364; patchy - phpvsfiid 414364
    BC—74 to 99 centimeters (29.1 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) ; 60 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 32 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/1) iron depletions and 5 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume rounded quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 8987-5-5. patchy - phpvsfiid 414365; patchy - phpvsfiid 414365
    C—99 to 152 centimeters (39.0 to 59.8 inches); variegated 35 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) and 35 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and 15 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) and 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) ; 71 percent sand; 9 percent silt; 20 percent clay; massive; firm; 5 percent by volume rounded quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9. Lab sample # 8987-5-6