IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hiwassee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 97AL123002-pgm
  • User Pedon ID: 97AL123002-pgm
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - AU
  • Lab Pedon # - S97AL-123-2
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24423
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 32.6134194
  • Std. Longitude: -85.6964306
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19 N
  • Range: 23 E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: SE1/4
  • Location Description: About 0.75 mile north of Sougahatchee Creek and west of the Tallapoosa-Lee County line, Tallapoosa County, AL; 1,400 feet north and 50 feet west of the southeast corner sec. 24, T. 19 N., R. 23 E.; USGS Notasulga, AL topographic quadrangle.
  • Regional Office: SE—Southeast
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL123—Tallapoosa County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Rhodic kandiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hiwassee
  • 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 - Hiwassee
  • Classificaton Date - 11/26/1997
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: strongly weathered, clayey alluvium derived from metamorphic, unspecified
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/26/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • 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—84

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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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    167

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/3) sandy loam; 67 percent sand; 21 percent silt; 12 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; 10 percent by volume 2-20-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 9723-2-1
    Bt1—10 to 36 centimeters (3.9 to 14.2 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay loam; 37 percent sand; 23 percent silt; 40 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 20 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9723-2-2. patchy - phpvsfiid 416946; patchy - phpvsfiid 416946
    Bt2—36 to 84 centimeters (14.2 to 33.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay; 23 percent sand; 20 percent silt; 57 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume iron-manganese nodules fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9723-2-3. patchy - phpvsfiid 416947; patchy - phpvsfiid 416947
    Bt3—84 to 122 centimeters (33.1 to 48.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay; 20 percent sand; 24 percent silt; 56 percent clay; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9723-2-4. patchy - phpvsfiid 416948; patchy - phpvsfiid 416948
    Bt4—122 to 165 centimeters (48.0 to 65.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; 19 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 55 percent clay; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 20 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 9723-2-5. patchy - phpvsfiid 416949; patchy - phpvsfiid 416949
    C—165 to 203 centimeters (65.0 to 79.9 inches); 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) loam; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; friable; fragments.