IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Urbo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 95AL023001-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 95AL023001-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S95AL-023-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24213
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 32.0936111
  • Std. Longitude: -88.0630556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13 N
  • Range: 1 W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4
  • Location Description: About 3 miles south-southeast of Ezells Fish Camp on the Tombigbee River; 1,600 feet north and 1,300 feet west of the southeast corner of sec. 15, T. 13 N., R. 1 W.; Choctaw County, AL; USGS Putnam, AL 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, smectitic, acid, thermic Vertic epiaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Urbo
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/6/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Urbo
  • Classificaton Date - 7/28/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: slightly weathered, clayey alluvium derived from sedimentary, unspecified
  • Landscape: alluvial plain
  • Landform: natural levee
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for long periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/28/1993 (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 - hardwoods
  • 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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    A—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) ; 3 percent sand; 52 percent silt; 45 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 9523-1-1; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) ; 27 percent sand; 33 percent silt; 39 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron-manganese masses in matrix and 15 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 25 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9523-1-2; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg1—36 to 66 centimeters (14.2 to 26.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) ; 32 percent sand; 34 percent silt; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron-manganese masses in matrix and 25 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9523-1-3; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg2—66 to 109 centimeters (26.0 to 42.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) ; 36 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent medium distinct masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 5 percent medium very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron-manganese masses and 25 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9523-1-4; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bssg1—109 to 130 centimeters (42.9 to 51.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) ; 30 percent sand; 33 percent silt; 37 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 25 percent pressure faces and 30 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 5 percent medium very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron-manganese masses in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 25 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9523-1-5; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bssg2—130 to 170 centimeters (51.2 to 66.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) ; 29 percent sand; 34 percent silt; 37 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent pressure faces and 30 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 10 percent medium very dark brown (10YR 2/2) iron-manganese masses and 25 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9523-1-6; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Bssg3—170 to 203 centimeters (66.9 to 79.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) ; 22 percent sand; 35 percent silt; 43 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent pressure faces and 40 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 25 percent coarse prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 25 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5. Lab sample # 9523-1-7; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket