IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Troup
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2013AL005001
  • User Pedon ID: S2013AL005001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2013AL005001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 4/10/2026

    • 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: 32.1183583
  • Std. Longitude: -85.3799778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 26E
  • Section: 12
  • Location Description: About 0.3 miles (about 545 meters) east of Nero Baptist Cemetery, down a winding dirt trail, off of Martin Creek Road in NW Barbour County, on the Comer Quad.
  • Map Unit: TgB—Troup-Alaga complex, 0 to 5 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL005—Barbour
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-TUS—Tuskegee, Alabama
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL005—Barbour County, Alabama
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 32085-A4—Comer, Alabama

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John Burns, Cooper Nichols, Darnae Hopkins
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, kaolinitic, thermic Grossarenic Kandiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Troup (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 112 to 162 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/24/2012
  • Classifier - John Burns, Darnae Hopkins, Cooper Nichols
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Forest Understory Veg. Type - shrub
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Unconsolidated sandy and loamy marine sediments
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes
  • RaCA Information:
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - John Burns, Cooper Nichols, Darnae Hopkins, Greg Brannon
  • Plot or Site Recorder - JLB/GRB/CRN/DH

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/24/2012 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: JLB/GRB/CRN/DH
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 29
  • Water Properties:
  • Water pH Method - pH indicator solutions
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CARYA

    CORNU

    PITA

    QULA3

    QUNI

    QURU

    SASSA

    Carya

    Cornus

    Pinus taeda

    Quercus laurifolia

    Quercus nigra

    Quercus rubra

    Sassafras

    hybrid hickory

    dogwood

    loblolly pine

    laurel oak

    water oak

    northern red oak

    sassafras

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    kandic horizon

    0—112

    112—203

    112—203

    —112—

    —91—

    —91—
    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

    2.5

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    133

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    1320

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    240

    17.8

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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine sand; 2 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; low excavation difficulty; few (3.0) very coarse roots throughout and few (1.0) medium roots throughout and many (5.0) fine roots throughout; ; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    E1—18 to 58 centimeters (7.1 to 22.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) exterior fine sand; 2 percent clay; single grain; very friable; low excavation difficulty; few (1.0) fine roots throughout and few (1.0) coarse roots throughout; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, sand coats; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    E2—58 to 112 centimeters (22.8 to 44.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) exterior fine sand; 1 percent clay; single grain; very friable; low excavation difficulty; few (1.0) fine roots throughout and few (1.0) coarse roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—112 to 137 centimeters (44.1 to 53.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; 22 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; high excavation difficulty; 5 percent faint clay bridges and 10 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent medium distinct noncoherent cemented red (2.5YR 5/8), dry, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries between peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 733716; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 733722; patchy - phpvsfiid 733716; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 733722
    Bt2—137 to 165 centimeters (53.9 to 65.0 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; 26 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; high excavation difficulty; brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, sand coats and 40 percent distinct clay films; ; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 733719; continuous - phpvsfiid 733719
    Bt3—165 to 203 centimeters (65.0 to 79.9 inches); light red (2.5YR 6/8) sandy clay loam; 23 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; high excavation difficulty; 15 percent distinct clay films; 2 percent medium distinct noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries between peds; ; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH indicator solutions.; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 733721; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 733721