IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mooreville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2018AL023009
  • User Pedon ID: S2018AL023009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 18N2049
  • User Project ID: LENO_008_NEON
  • Project Name: Lenoir Landing
  • Print Date: 4/22/2026
  • 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: 31.8114444
  • Std. Longitude: -88.1811528
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Map Unit: UrB—Urbo-Mooreville-Una complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes, frequently flooded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Alabama
  • County: AL023—Choctaw
  • MLRA: 133A—Southern Coastal Plain
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-MER—Meridian, Mississippi
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: AL023—Choctaw County, Alabama
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Lene, J. Hancock
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, active, thermic Fluvaquentic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: ecological site data
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mooreville
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, active, thermic Fluvaquentic Dystrudepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/14/2018
  • Classifier - J. Lene
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: riser
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Pattern: deranged
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for brief periods
  • Geology: Qalt formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • RaCA Site ID - LENO_009
  • DSP Plot ID - SW
  • Plot Baseline Azimuth - 225
  • Plot Baseline Length - 2
  • Plot Width - 20
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - Center or pit
  • Plot or Site Recorder - JRL, JCH
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/24/2018 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: JRL, JCH
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    redox concentrations

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    0—17

    17—100

    17—100

    17—31

    —17—

    —83—

    —83—

    —14—

    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

    1

    24.1

    250

    1429

    18

    A—0 to 17 centimeters (0.0 to 6.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; deformable; many (10.0) medium roots throughout and many (10.0) fine roots throughout and common (3.0) coarse roots throughout; few (0.5) very fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent distinct organic stains on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented brown (10YR 5/3), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 18N06194; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 1653099; patchy - phpvsfiid 1653099
    Bw—17 to 31 centimeters (6.7 to 12.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, noncoherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; semideformable; common (3.0) medium roots throughout and few (0.5) coarse roots throughout; few (0.5) very fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent fine distinct spherical weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 18N06195; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg1—31 to 59 centimeters (12.2 to 23.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, noncoherent, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; deformable; common (3.0) fine roots throughout and few (0.5) coarse roots throughout; few (0.5) very fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented brown (10YR 5/3), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine distinct spherical weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix and 7 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 18N06196; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 1653102; patchy - phpvsfiid 1653102
    Bg2—59 to 100 centimeters (23.2 to 39.4 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, noncoherent, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; deformable; common (3.0) very fine roots throughout; few (0.5) very fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels and 10 percent faint pressure faces on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented brown (10YR 5/3), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine distinct spherical weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix and 20 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments. Lab sample # 18N06197; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 1653100; patchy - phpvsfiid 1653101; patchy - phpvsfiid 1653100; patchy - phpvsfiid 1653101