IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dothan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2007AL067001
  • User Pedon ID: S2007AL067001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0018
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19341
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024
  • 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: 31.3547783
  • Std. Longitude: -85.3251114
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 27E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4, NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Henry County, Alabama. Wiregrass Experiment Station; south side of Alabama Highway 134; NE 1/4, NW 1/4; Section 3, R27E, T4N.
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL067—Henry
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-TUS—Tuskegee, Alabama
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL067—Henry County, Alabama
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Brannon, G.; Anderson S.; and Gamble J.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Plinthic Kandiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dothan
  • Classificaton Date - 1/21/2015
  • Classifier - Alvin Perez
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dothan
  • Classificaton Date - 12/28/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: unconsolidated marine sediments
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/28/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Microrelief Kind: microhigh
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - overcast
  • Current Air Temp - 13
  • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    Ap

    Bt1

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt2

    Btv1

    Btv1

    Btv2

    Btv2

    0

    0

    33

    33

    56

    56

    91

    91

    132

    132

    33

    33

    56

    56

    91

    91

    132

    132

    203

    203

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ap

    Ap

    Bt1

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt2

    Btv1

    Btv1

    Btv2

    Btv2

    0

    0

    33

    33

    56

    56

    91

    91

    132

    132

    33

    33

    56

    56

    91

    91

    132

    132

    203

    203

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap

    Ap

    Bt1

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt2

    Btv1

    Btv1

    Btv2

    Btv2

    0

    0

    33

    33

    56

    56

    91

    91

    132

    132

    33

    33

    56

    56

    91

    91

    132

    132

    203

    203

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    plinthite

    0—33

    33—203

    91—203

    —33—

    —170—

    —110—

    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

    106

    275

    Ap—0 to 33 centimeters (0.0 to 13.0 inches); 90 percent brown (10YR 4/3) interior sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, weak, nonsticky, nonplastic; rapid permeability; 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N00097; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt1—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); 95 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) broken face sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, weak, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N00098; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt2—56 to 91 centimeters (22.0 to 35.8 inches); 85 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) broken face sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, weak, slightly sticky, nonplastic; moderate permeability; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent medium distinct spherical noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent medium distinct spherical weakly coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00099; moist when described; observed in trench
    Btv1—91 to 132 centimeters (35.8 to 52.0 inches); 65 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) broken face sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, weak, slightly sticky, nonplastic; slow permeability; 1.0 fine roots top of horizon; 5 percent medium distinct spherical noncoherent cemented red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, with clear boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct spherical noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, with clear boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct spherical noncoherent cemented yellow (10YR 7/8), moist, with clear boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct spherical noncoherent cemented with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 10 percent medium distinct spherical moderately coherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N00100; wet when described; observed in trench
    Btv2—132 to 203 centimeters (52.0 to 79.9 inches); variegated broken face sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, weak, slightly sticky, nonplastic; slow permeability; 0.2 fine roots between peds; 20 percent coarse distinct spherical noncoherent cemented red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, with clear boundaries in matrix and 20 percent coarse distinct spherical noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, with clear boundaries in matrix and 20 percent coarse distinct spherical noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) with clear boundaries in matrix and 20 percent coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 20 percent coarse distinct spherical noncoherent cemented yellow (10YR 7/8), moist, with clear boundaries in matrix; 20 percent medium distinct spherical moderately coherent cemented red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 08N00101; moist when described; observed in trench