IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Forestdale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2009MS133022
  • User Pedon ID: S09MS133022
  • User Site Association ID: FY187MET001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0428
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58887
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 33.3431389
  • Std. Longitude: -90.6213056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: located off Tommie Baird Rd, Inverness, MS
  • State: Mississippi
  • County: MS133—Sunflower
  • MLRA: 131A—Southern Mississippi River Alluvium
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MS133—Sunflower County, Mississippi

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Monteith and R. Stout Evans
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Typic Endoaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, brief description
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Forestdale
  • PSC - 35 to 85 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/3/2010
  • Classifier - R. Stout Evans
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey alluvium
  • Landscape: Mississippi River meander belt
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/2/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

    35—164

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    Setting and Climate
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    Ap1—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 2 percent sand; 82 percent silt; 16 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky; common medium roots throughout and common fine roots throughout; medium and fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 10N01754; moist when described; observed in trench
    Ap2—14 to 35 centimeters (5.5 to 13.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 1 percent sand; 74 percent silt; 25 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky; 5 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions in matrix and 15 percent medium distinct brown (10YR 5/3) iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 10N01755; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt1—35 to 51 centimeters (13.8 to 20.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent sand; 63 percent silt; 36 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; many fine pores; 2 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) iron-manganese masses in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) iron-manganese masses in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 4/3) iron-manganese masses in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01756; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt2—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; 2 percent sand; 56 percent silt; 42 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky; very fine pores; 10 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct brown (10YR 5/3) iron-manganese masses in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) iron-manganese masses in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01757; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt3—76 to 101 centimeters (29.9 to 39.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; 2 percent sand; 58 percent silt; 41 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky; very fine pores; 5 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese nodules in matrix and 5 percent medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) iron-manganese masses in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) iron-manganese masses in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01758; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt4—101 to 127 centimeters (39.8 to 50.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay; 2 percent sand; 39 percent silt; 59 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) iron-manganese masses in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) iron-manganese masses in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01759; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt5—127 to 148 centimeters (50.0 to 58.3 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay; 1 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 59 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 5 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) iron-manganese masses in matrix and 5 percent medium prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4) iron-manganese masses in matrix and 5 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese nodules in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01760; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt6—148 to 164 centimeters (58.3 to 64.6 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; 1 percent sand; 47 percent silt; 52 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 5 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses in matrix and 5 percent medium faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) iron-manganese masses in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) iron-manganese masses in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) iron-manganese masses in matrix and 10 percent medium faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01761; moist when described; observed in trench
    Ab—164 to 176 centimeters (64.6 to 69.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay; 1 percent sand; 50 percent silt; 49 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 5 percent pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses in matrix and 5 percent medium faint dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) iron depletions in matrix and 5 percent medium faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) iron-manganese masses in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) iron-manganese masses in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01762; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bssg—176 to 200 centimeters (69.3 to 78.7 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay; 1 percent sand; 39 percent silt; 60 percent clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 5 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 5 percent medium faint dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) iron depletions in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) iron-manganese masses in matrix and 5 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses in matrix and 10 percent medium faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) iron-manganese masses in matrix and 10 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter. Lab sample # 10N01763; moist when described; observed in trench