IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Cecil
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
96AL123001-pgm
User Pedon ID:
96AL123001-pgm
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
AU
Lab Pedon # -
S96AL-123-1
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
24418
Print Date:
2/9/2025
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:
33.0891667
Std. Longitude:
-85.9625000
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
24 N
Range:
21 E
Section:
9
PLSS Details:
NE1/4
Location Description:
About 2.7 miles northwest of Hackneyville, Tallapoosa Co., AL; 350 feet south and 1,700 feet west of the northeast corner of sec. 9, T. 24 N., R. 21 E.; USGS Hackneyville, 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 kanhapludults
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
representative pedon for component
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
PedonPC
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Cecil
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 -
Cecil
Classificaton Date -
11/12/1996
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
2
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
strongly weathered, clayey residuum weathered from gneiss, granodioritic
Landscape:
upland
Landform:
ridge
Geomorphic Component Hills:
crest
Hill Slope Profile:
summit
Slope Complexity:
complex
Runoff:
medium
Drainage Class:
well
Flooding:
none flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
11/12/1996 (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
kandic horizon
10—127
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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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253
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Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) ; 74 percent sand; 18 percent silt; 8 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 2-20-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 9623-1-1
Bt1—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) ; 43 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 37 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 20 percent distinct red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 9623-1-2. patchy - phpvsfiid 416930; patchy - phpvsfiid 416930
Bt2—30 to 69 centimeters (11.8 to 27.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) ; 28 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 52 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9623-1-3. patchy - phpvsfiid 416931; patchy - phpvsfiid 416931
Bt3—69 to 99 centimeters (27.2 to 39.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) ; 34 percent sand; 22 percent silt; 44 percent clay; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9623-1-4. patchy - phpvsfiid 416932; patchy - phpvsfiid 416932
Bt4—99 to 127 centimeters (39.0 to 50.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) ; 39 percent sand; 24 percent silt; 37 percent clay; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9623-1-5. patchy - phpvsfiid 416933; patchy - phpvsfiid 416933
BC—127 to 163 centimeters (50.0 to 64.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) ; 43 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 32 percent clay; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9623-1-6
C—163 to 203 centimeters (64.2 to 79.9 inches); variegated 40 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) and 20 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 20 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) and 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) ; 57 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 18 percent clay; massive; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # 9623-1-7