IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Savannah
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 91AL023001-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 91AL023001-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S91AL-023-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24208
  • 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: 32.2147222
  • Std. Longitude: -88.3413889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14 N
  • Range: 4 W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4
  • Location Description: About 1.6 miles north-northeast of Pushmataha, Choctaw County, AL; about 2,400 feet east and 2,000 feet south of the northwest corner of sec. 1, T. 14 N., R. 4 W.; USGS Lisman 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: Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Typic fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Savannah
  • PSC - 28 to 76 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 - 6/28/1991
  • 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: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/28/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • 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

    fragipan

    weakly coherent

    76 - 165

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

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    28—203

    76—165

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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

    2

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    77

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    Ap1—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) ; 43 percent sand; 52 percent silt; 6 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 9123-1-1; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—7 to 18 centimeters (2.8 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) ; 44 percent sand; 51 percent silt; 6 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 9123-1-2; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) ; 36 percent sand; 57 percent silt; 7 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 9123-1-3; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—28 to 61 centimeters (11.0 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) ; 24 percent sand; 49 percent silt; 26 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent fine spherical very weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9123-1-4; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 414117; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 414117
    Bt2—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) ; 33 percent sand; 48 percent silt; 19 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent fine faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions in matrix and 5 percent fine spherical weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9123-1-5; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 414118; patchy - phpvsfiid 414118
    Btx1—76 to 117 centimeters (29.9 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) ; 35 percent sand; 44 percent silt; 21 percent clay; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderate; brittle; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 10 percent faint gray (10YR 6/1) silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent coarse prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 10 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9123-1-6; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 414119; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 414120; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 414119; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 414120
    Btx2—117 to 165 centimeters (46.1 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) ; 39 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 26 percent clay; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderate; brittle; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 25 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1) silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 15 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 20 percent medium light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9123-1-7; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 414121; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 414122; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 414121; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 414122
    B't—165 to 203 centimeters (65.0 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) ; 43 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 28 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) iron depletions in matrix and 15 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 20 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0. Lab sample # 9123-1-8; moderately dry when described; observed in auger, bucket. patchy - phpvsfiid 414123; patchy - phpvsfiid 414123