IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MEMPHIS
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959MS149002
  • User Pedon ID: S1959MS149002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959MS149002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4812
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41506
  • 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: 32.2746201
  • Std. Longitude: -90.7731628
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: Center of W 1/2, NE 1/4 SE 1/4
  • Location Description: On State Highway 27 about 9 miles southeast of Vicksburg. Photo AVM-4N-164.
  • 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 #: 2
  • 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-4N164
  • 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

    TRIN3

    Trifolium incarnatum

    crimson clover

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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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    AP—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silt loam; weak medium and coarse granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36530
    A2—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine granular, and weak coarse granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36531
    A21T—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36532
    B22T—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A36533
    B23T—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 roots; manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 75 percent clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A36534
    B24T—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; 1 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) fine distinct mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 10 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 21 percent fine manganese concretions; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A36535
    B3T—99 to 124 centimeters (39.0 to 48.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; 3 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) fine distinct mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 30 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; 1 percent fine manganese concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36536
    C1—124 to 155 centimeters (48.8 to 61.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; friable; 0.1 roots; 10 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A36537
    C2—155 to 193 centimeters (61.0 to 76.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; friable; 0.1 roots; 10 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 40A36538