IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Troup
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966AL053018
  • User Pedon ID: S1966AL053018
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966AL053018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4309
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40472
  • 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: 31.0852108
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7833252
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 0.6 mile east of Hendley-Roberts School on Alabama Highway 4 and 1.5 miles north on road to Dixie, Alabama. NW 1/4, NW 1/4 NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Sample collected 275 feet west, southwest of paved 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, E. A. Perry, J. B. Dixon and M. G. Mattox.
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 18
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Troup
  • Classificaton Date - 3/10/1966
  • 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: 3/10/1966 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    4

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    87

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy sand; weak fine and medium granular structure; loose, very friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32896
    A21—8 to 36 centimeters (3.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loamy sand; single grain, and weak medium subangular blocky; loose, very friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32897. Sand grains clean. Some mixing of horizon above.
    A22—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loamy sand; single grain, and weak medium subangular blocky; loose, very friable; 1 percent fine and medium iron concretions; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32898. Common medium faint yellow (10YR 7/6) striped areas.
    A23—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) loamy sand; single grain, and weak medium subangular blocky; loose, very friable; clay films on sand and gravel; 1 percent fine and medium weakly coherent cemented iron concretions; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32899. Common medium faint yellow (10YR 7/6) striped areas. Sand grains only coated in browner areas.
    A24—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; loose, very friable; clay films on sand and gravel; 1 percent weakly coherent cemented iron concretions; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32900. Few fine and medium plinthite nodules.; continuous - phpvsfiid 184137; continuous - phpvsfiid 184137
    B1(pl)—107 to 140 centimeters (42.1 to 55.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; clay films on sand and gravel and clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A32901. Common to many (15 to 25 percent) medium to coarse hardened plinthite nodules, many of which have lost the red centers and are now brown; plinthite peds coated with patchy clay films; plinthite is degrading.; continuous - phpvsfiid 184138; continuous - phpvsfiid 184138
    B21t(pl)—140 to 170 centimeters (55.1 to 66.9 inches); dark red (10R 3/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellow (10YR 7/6) sandy clay loam; strong coarse platy structure; extremely firm*; brittle; 0.5 fine roots; clay films on horizontal faces of peds and clay films on sand and gravel and clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32902. 35 to 45 percent plinthite; red plinthite centers are one to two inches in width and are extremely firm and compact; yellow material is more friable; few fine voids.; continuous - phpvsfiid 184141; continuous - phpvsfiid 184141
    B22t(pl)—170 to 206 centimeters (66.9 to 81.1 inches); red (10R 4/6) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; clay films on sand and gravel and clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32903. Polygonal seams filled with brownish-yellow (10YR 6/6) and light gray (10YR 7/2); friable in redder areas and friable to firm in seams; 10 to 15 percent of red areas are hardened and very firm; hardened areas coated with clay films; polygonal seams are 10 inches apart.; continuous - phpvsfiid 184143; continuous - phpvsfiid 184143
    B3—206 to 231 centimeters (81.1 to 90.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; clay films on sand and gravel and clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32904. Polygonal seams filled with brownish-yellow (10YR 6/6) with centers of pale brown (10YR 6/3).; continuous - phpvsfiid 184145; continuous - phpvsfiid 184145
    C1—231 to 279 centimeters (90.9 to 109.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3) coarse sandy loam; friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32905
    IIC2—279 to 300 centimeters (109.8 to 118.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; massive; firm, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A32906