IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pacolet
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 94AL123001-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 94AL123001-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S94AL-123-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24414
  • 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: 32.8588889
  • Std. Longitude: -85.6850000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22 N
  • Range: 24 E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: SE1/4
  • Location Description: About 1.1 mile west of Doss Mountain, Tallapoosa Co., AL; 600 feet north and 1,900 feet west of the southeast corner of sec. 30, T. 22 N., R. 24 E.; USGS Camp Hill, AL topographic quadrangle.
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL123—Tallapoosa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL123—Tallapoosa County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Typic hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pacolet
  • PSC - 10 to 60 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/3/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mecklenburg
  • Classificaton Date - 6/21/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, clayey residuum weathered from metamorphic, unspecified
  • Landscape: upland
  • 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: 6/21/1994 (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

    10—66

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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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    213

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) ; 41 percent sand; 29 percent silt; 30 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots and 6.0 coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9423-1-1
    Bt1—10 to 38 centimeters (3.9 to 15.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) ; 15 percent sand; 23 percent silt; 63 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 30 percent distinct dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9423-1-2. patchy - phpvsfiid 416922; patchy - phpvsfiid 416922
    Bt2—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) ; 25 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 50 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 30 percent distinct dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9423-1-3. patchy - phpvsfiid 416923; patchy - phpvsfiid 416923
    Bt3—56 to 66 centimeters (22.0 to 26.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) ; 38 percent sand; 17 percent silt; 45 percent clay; 2 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; 10 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 9423-1-4. patchy - phpvsfiid 416924; patchy - phpvsfiid 416924
    C1—66 to 127 centimeters (26.0 to 50.0 inches); variegated 50 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) ; 50 percent sand; 12 percent silt; 38 percent clay; massive; friable; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; 25 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 9423-1-5
    C2—127 to 203 centimeters (50.0 to 79.9 inches); variegated 50 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 30 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) and 20 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) ; 31 percent sand; 51 percent silt; 19 percent clay; massive; friable; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses; 30 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1. Lab sample # 9423-1-6