IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MEMPHIS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959MS149001
  • User Pedon ID: S1959MS149001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959MS149001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4811
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41505
  • Print Date: 5/5/2024

    • 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: 32.2896233
  • Std. Longitude: -90.7909393
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: Center of NE 1/4 SE 1/4
  • Location Description: On State Highway 27, about 8 miles southeast of Vicksburg. Photo AVM-4N-120.
  • State: Mississippi
  • County: MS149—Warren
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MS149—Warren County, Mississippi

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. C. Carter
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MEMPHIS
  • Classificaton Date - 1/28/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/28/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AVM-4N120
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    CAIL2

    Carya illinoinensis

    pecan

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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
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    4

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    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam, silt loam; weak medium and coarse granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36522
    A2—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 roots and 21.0 roots; 1 percent fine manganese concretions; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36523
    B1—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; manganese or iron-manganese stains; 1 percent fine and medium manganese concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36524
    B21T—46 to 81 centimeters (18.1 to 31.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots and 21.0 roots; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A36525
    B22T—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; 3 percent pale yellow (5Y 7/3) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A36526
    B3T—107 to 132 centimeters (42.1 to 52.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; 1 percent light gray (5Y 7/2) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 0.5 fine pores; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent light gray (5Y 7/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 75 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; 21 percent coarse manganese concretions; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A36527
    C1—132 to 183 centimeters (52.0 to 72.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; massive; friable; 0.1 roots; 10 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent pale yellow (5Y 7/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A36528
    C2—183 to 213 centimeters (72.0 to 83.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; massive; friable; 10 percent light gray (5Y 7/1), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 10 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments. Lab sample # 40A36529