IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ORA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956MS031001
  • User Pedon ID: S1956MS031001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956MS031001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4815
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41509
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 31.7032490
  • Std. Longitude: -89.4608994
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 36
  • Location Description: Ref. airphoto CJO-1G-46.
  • State: Mississippi
  • County: MS031—Covington
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MS031—Covington County, Mississippi

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Joe Kubota, M. E. Shaffer, and R. H. Havens
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - ORA
  • Classificaton Date - 4/11/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: ridge
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/11/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: CJO-1G-46
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CORNU

    GAYLU

    NYSY

    RHUS

    Cornus

    Gaylussacia

    Nyssa sylvatica

    Rhus

    dogwood

    huckleberry

    blackgum

    sumac

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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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    315

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    O1&O2—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A36553
    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; medium and coarse granular, and fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 coarse roots and 21.0 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36554
    A2—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine sandy loam; fine and medium platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36555
    A3—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 21.0 pores; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36556
    B1—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36557
    B2T—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) very fine sandy loam; weak and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; prominent clay films in root channels and/or pores and faint on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36558. continuous - phpvsfiid 188900; patchy - phpvsfiid 188901; continuous - phpvsfiid 188900; patchy - phpvsfiid 188901
    B31T—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; weak and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36559. continuous - phpvsfiid 188902; continuous - phpvsfiid 188902
    B32TX—81 to 104 centimeters (31.9 to 40.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy loam; massive parts to moderate medium and coarse platy, and subangular blocky; friable; 0.5 coarse roots and 21.0 roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A36560
    B33TX—104 to 142 centimeters (40.9 to 55.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and very pale brown (10YR 7/4) sandy loam; coarse prismatic structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A36561