IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Savannah
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2012MS023002
  • User Pedon ID: S2012MS023002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 2012MS023002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 14N0294
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 72830
  • 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: 32.1773333
  • Std. Longitude: -88.8021111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4 NORTH
  • Range: 15 EAST
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4,SW1/4, NE1/4 of sec. 19
  • Location Description: Clarke County, Mississippi; about 0.5 mile northwest of Enterprise in a planted loblolly pine plantation about 75 feet south of Highway 514. Approximately 1,500 feet south and about 2500 feet west of the NE 1/4 of Sec. 19, T4N.; R15E. USGS Stonewall topographic quadrangle: Latitude 32 degrees 10 minutes 38.4 seconds N., Longitude 88 degrees 48 minutes 07.6 seconds W.
  • Map Unit: SfB—Savannah fine sandy loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Mississippi
  • County: MS023—Clarke
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-MER—Meridian, Mississippi
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MS023—Clarke County, Mississippi
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 32088-B7—Stonewall, Mississippi

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Chris Hatcher
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Typic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Savannah (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/6/2012
  • Classifier - Chris Hatcher
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Savannah (flagged as OSD)
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Typic Fragiudults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/6/2012
  • Classifier - Chris Hatcher
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Forest Overstory Veg. Type - tree
  • Forest Understory Veg. Type - perennial grass
  • Forest Groundcover Veg. Type Dominant - perennial grass
  • Forest Groundcover Veg. Type Secondary - shrub
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy marine deposits derived from interbedded sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: low upland
  • Landform: gently sloping marine terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: riser
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/6/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Chris Hatcher
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Plant Association Name: Loblolly Pine Plantation
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - yes
  • Forest Rotation Stage - early
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 32
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PITA

    Pinus taeda

    loblolly pine

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    overstory
    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    noncoherent

    69 - 180

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

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    25—180

    69—180

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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

    61

    31

    83.8

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    45

    1473

    —

    230

    17

    27.2

    9

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior fine sandy loam; 55 percent sand; 35 percent silt; 10 percent clay; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; deformable; moderately rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; common (4.0) very fine roots throughout and few (0.5) very coarse roots throughout and few (0.5) medium roots throughout and common (4.0) fine roots throughout and few (0.5) coarse roots throughout; ; 1 percent fine prominent irregular strongly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume , 1 percent by weight nonflat rounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter quartz fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01506; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sandy loam; 55 percent sand; 35 percent silt; 10 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; deformable; moderately rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; many (4.0) very fine roots throughout and few (0.5) very coarse roots throughout and few (0.5) medium roots throughout and common (4.0) fine roots throughout and few (0.5) coarse roots throughout; 1 percent fine distinct irregular strongly coherent cemented brown (10YR 4/3), moist, iron-manganese concretions with clear boundaries in matrix; 3 percent by volume , 2 percent by weight nonflat rounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter quartz fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01507; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; 48 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 25 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; high horizontal penetration resistance; moderate permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; common (4.0) very fine roots between peds and common (4.0) fine roots between peds; 10 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent irregular moderately coherent cemented brown (10YR 4/3), moist, iron-manganese concretions with clear boundaries in matrix; 3 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight nonflat rounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter quartz fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01508; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 1237023; continuous - phpvsfiid 1237023
    Bt2—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; 48 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 27 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; very high horizontal penetration resistance; moderate permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; few (0.5) fine roots between peds; 27 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct spherical strongly coherent cemented 4/3 4/3, moist, and 2/1 2/1, moist, iron-manganese concretions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent fine prominent irregular moderately coherent cemented 4/3 4/3, moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix and 20 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels; 3 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight nonflat rounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter quartz fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01509; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 1237024; continuous - phpvsfiid 1237024
    Btx1—69 to 109 centimeters (27.2 to 42.9 inches); 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) exterior sandy clay loam; 48 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 27 percent clay; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; very high horizontal penetration resistance; slow permeability; high excavation difficulty; few (0.5) fine roots between peds; 15 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct spherical strongly coherent cemented brown (10YR 4/3), moist, iron-manganese concretions with clear boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine prominent cylindrical noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels and 20 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries throughout; 3 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight nonflat rounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter quartz fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01510; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 1237027; continuous - phpvsfiid 1237027
    Btx2—109 to 145 centimeters (42.9 to 57.1 inches); 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) exterior sandy clay loam; 48 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 27 percent clay; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; very high horizontal penetration resistance; slow permeability; very high excavation difficulty; few (0.5) very fine roots between peds and few (0.5) fine roots between peds; 25 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 7 percent fine distinct irregular moderately coherent cemented brown (10YR 4/3), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix and 15 percent fine prominent cylindrical noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries on vertical faces of peds and 23 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries in matrix; 3 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight nonflat rounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter quartz fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01511; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1237025; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1237025
    Btx3—145 to 180 centimeters (57.1 to 70.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy clay loam; 48 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 27 percent clay; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; brittle; very high horizontal penetration resistance; slow permeability; very high excavation difficulty; few very fine roots between peds; 5 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout and 8 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout and 8 percent coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout and 8 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries throughout and 9 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries between peds and 10 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries between peds; 3 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight nonflat rounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter quartz fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01512; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BC—180 to 224 centimeters (70.9 to 88.2 inches); 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 20 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) and 20 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 22 percent silt; 18 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 3 percent by volume , 3 percent by weight nonflat rounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter quartz fragments observed by visual inspection method; reduced monosulfides present; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01513; moist when described; observed in pit, small