IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wedowee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 95AL123001-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 95AL123001-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S95AL-123-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24415
  • 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: 32.6344444
  • Std. Longitude: -85.8738889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19 N
  • Range: 22 E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4
  • Location Description: About 0.6 mile west of Sougahatchee Creek, Tallapoosa Co., AL; 1,300 feet south and 1,800 feet west of the northeast corner of sec. 17, T. 19 N., R. 22 E.; USGS Ponders, AL topographic quadrangle.
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL123—Tallapoosa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL123—Tallapoosa County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Ultic hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wedowee
  • PSC - 30 to 63 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/3/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wedowee
  • Classificaton Date - 6/26/1995
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, clayey residuum weathered from gneiss
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/26/1995 (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

    30—63

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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

    19

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) very gravelly sandy loam; 78 percent sand; 13 percent silt; 9 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots and 6.0 coarse roots; 40 percent by volume angular 5-15-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9523-1-1; observed in pit, small
    E—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) gravelly loamy sand; 80 percent sand; 12 percent silt; 8 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 30 percent by volume angular 5-15-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9523-1-2; observed in pit, small
    Bt—30 to 63 centimeters (11.8 to 24.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; 36 percent sand; 11 percent silt; 54 percent clay; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct and 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 30 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 9523-1-3; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 416925; patchy - phpvsfiid 416925
    C—63 to 203 centimeters (24.8 to 79.9 inches); variegated 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 20 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 20 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sandy clay loam; 66 percent sand; 11 percent silt; 23 percent clay; massive; firm; 20 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5. Lab sample # 9523-1-4; observed in pit, small