IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): UNNAMED
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966AL053019
  • User Pedon ID: S1966AL053019
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1966AL053019
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4310
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40473
  • Print Date: 4/28/2024

    • 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: 31.0857658
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7810974
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 0.6 miles east of Hendley-Roberts School on Alabama Highway 4 and 1.5 miles north on paved road to Dixie, Alabama. SE 1/4, NE 1/4, NW 1/4, NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Sample collected 300 feet east-northeast 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: D. M. Harris, Jr. and M. G. Mattox.
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 19
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Classificaton Date - 11/4/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/4/1966 (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

    ILCO

    PIPA2

    QUERC

    Ilex coriacea

    Pinus palustris

    Quercus

    large gallberry

    longleaf pine

    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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    82

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    A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and 15 percent brown (10YR 5/3) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; loose, very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A32907. Occasional quartz gravel.
    A21&A1—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) rubbed loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and single grain; loose, very friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32908. Occasional quartz gravel.
    A22—28 to 58 centimeters (11.0 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 10 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and single grain; loose, very friable; coats on sand and gravel; fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32909. Occasional quartz gravel.
    A3orB1—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 5 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) sandy loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; coats on sand and gravel and clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32910. Few quartz and plinthite pebbles.
    A'2&Btx1—91 to 124 centimeters (35.8 to 48.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 30 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) and 10 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) fine sandy loam, loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; coats on sand and gravel and clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32911. Few quartz and plinthite pebbles.
    Btx2&A'2—124 to 163 centimeters (48.8 to 64.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 15 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) and 10 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine sandy loam, loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; coats on sand and gravel and clay bridges between sand grains and 10 percent clay films; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32912. Few quartz and plinthite pebbles.; patchy - phpvsfiid 184154; patchy - phpvsfiid 184154
    Btx3—163 to 188 centimeters (64.2 to 74.0 inches); light gray (N 7/0) sandy clay loam; 10 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32913. patchy - phpvsfiid 184155; patchy - phpvsfiid 184155
    B31—188 to 229 centimeters (74.0 to 90.2 inches); light gray (N 7/0) clay, sandy clay loam; 15 percent weak red (10R 4/4) coarse and 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent clay films; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32914. patchy - phpvsfiid 184156; patchy - phpvsfiid 184156
    B32—229 to 267 centimeters (90.2 to 105.1 inches); light gray (N 7/0) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and weak red (10R 4/4) clay, sandy clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32915. patchy - phpvsfiid 184157; patchy - phpvsfiid 184157
    IIC—267 to 305 centimeters (105.1 to 120.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) very fine sandy loam; 1 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) fine faint mottles; massive; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A32916. Thin layer of ironstone at beginning of this horizon.