IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Troup
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966AL053017
  • User Pedon ID: S1966AL053017
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966AL053017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4308
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40471
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 31.0860443
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7835999
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 0.6 mile east of Headley-Roberts School on Alabama Highway 4 and 1.5 miles north on paved road to Dixie Alabama. NW 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Sample collected 400 feet west, northwest of road in woods.
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL053—Escambia
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL053—Escambia County, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. C. Carter, J. B. Dixon, and M. G. Mattox
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 17
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Troup
  • Classificaton Date - 3/9/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/9/1966 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    PIPA2

    QUBE5

    Cornus

    Pinus palustris

    Quercus berberidifolia

    dogwood

    longleaf pine

    scrub oak

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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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    3

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    90

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy sand; weak fine and medium granular structure; loose, very friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32882
    A21—8 to 38 centimeters (3.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loamy sand; weak granular, and weak subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32883
    A22—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; loose, very friable; 10 percent clay films on sand and gravel; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32884
    A23—64 to 99 centimeters (25.2 to 39.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy sand; single grain parts to weak medium subangular blocky; loose, very friable; 10 percent clay films on sand and gravel; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32885. Common clean striped areas.
    A24—99 to 112 centimeters (39.0 to 44.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy sand; single grain, and weak medium subangular blocky; loose, very friable; 10 percent clay films on sand and gravel; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32886
    A3—112 to 135 centimeters (44.1 to 53.1 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8) coarse sandy loam, loamy sand; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10 percent clay films on sand and gravel; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32887. Common fine to medium distinct reddish-yellow (7.5YR 6/6) striped areas; coated sand grains only occur in the red area.
    B21t—135 to 165 centimeters (53.1 to 65.0 inches); red (10R 4/6) sandy loam; weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; coats on sand and gravel and clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32888
    B22t—165 to 193 centimeters (65.0 to 76.0 inches); red (10R 4/6) sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; clay bridges between sand grains and coats on sand and gravel; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32889. continuous - phpvsfiid 195464; continuous - phpvsfiid 195464
    B23t—193 to 211 centimeters (76.0 to 83.1 inches); red (10R 4/6) sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; coats on sand and gravel and clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32890. continuous - phpvsfiid 195449; continuous - phpvsfiid 195449
    B24t—211 to 246 centimeters (83.1 to 96.9 inches); red (10R 4/6) sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; coats on sand and gravel and clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32891. Few fine quartz gravel.; continuous - phpvsfiid 195451; continuous - phpvsfiid 195451
    B25t—246 to 269 centimeters (96.9 to 105.9 inches); red (10R 4/6) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 75 percent coats on sand and gravel and 75 percent clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32892
    B31t—269 to 302 centimeters (105.9 to 118.9 inches); red (10R 4/6) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; coats on sand and gravel and clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32893. continuous - phpvsfiid 184131; continuous - phpvsfiid 184131
    B32t—302 to 320 centimeters (118.9 to 126.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) and red (2.5YR 5/8) loamy sand; weak subangular blocky, and single grain; loose, very friable; 10 percent clay bridges between sand grains and 30 percent coats on sand and gravel; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32894. continuous - phpvsfiid 184133; continuous - phpvsfiid 184133
    C&B—320 to 348 centimeters (126.0 to 137.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) and reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) loamy sand, sand; weak subangular blocky, and single grain; loose, very friable; 1 percent coats on sand and gravel; fragments. Lab sample # 40A32895