Megapit Details - NEON Data

D08 DELA Megapit Soils Description

PEDON DESCRIPTION

Print Date: Jul 22 2015	Country: United States
Description Date: Apr 29 2013	State: Alabama
Describer: Lawrence McGhee	County: Greene
Site ID: S2013AL063001	MLRA: 133A -- Southern Coastal Plain
Site Note:	Soil Survey Area: AL063 -- Greene County, Alabama
Pedon ID: S2013AL063001	Map Unit:
Pedon Note:	Quad Name: Demopolis, Alabama
Lab Source ID: SSL	Std Latitude: 32.5410000
Lab Pedon #: 13N49390	Std Longitude: -87.8031667
User Transect ID:
Soil Name as Described/Sampled: Angie
Classification: Fine, mixed, semiactive, thermic Aquic Paleudults	Latitude: 32 degrees 32 minutes 27.60 seconds north
Soil Name as Correlated:	Longitude: 87 degrees 48 minutes 11.40 seconds west
Classification:	Datum: NAD83
Pedon Type: confirmation description	UTM Zone: 16
Pedon Purpose: research site	UTM Easting: 424584 meters
Taxon Kind: series	UTM Northing: 3600688 meters
Associated Soils:
Physiographic Division:	Primary Earth Cover: Tree cover
Physiographic Province:	Secondary Earth Cover:
Physiographic Section:	Existing Vegetation:
State Physiographic Area:	Parent Material: Fine textured alluvium and marine sediments
Local Physiographic Area:	Bedrock Kind:
Geomorphic Setting: microhigh on toeslope of tread of flood plain	Bedrock Depth:
Upslope Shape: linear	Bedrock Hardness:
Cross Slope Shape: linear	Bedrock Fracture Interval:
Particle Size Control Section: 27 to 77 cm.	Surface Fragments:
Description origin: NASIS	Description database: KSSL

Diagnostic Features:

argillic horizon 27 to 200 cm.

Cont. Site ID: S2013AL063001

Pedon ID: S2013AL063001

Slope (%)	Elevation (meters)	Aspect (deg)	MAAT (C)	MSAT (C)	MWAT (C)	MAP (mm)	Frost-Free Days	Drainage Class	Slope Length (meters)	Upslope Length (meters)
0.5	22.8		18.1			1,440	236	moderately well

Oi--0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); herbaceous; . Lab sample # 13N04852

A1--2 to 15 centimeters (0.8 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; medium roots throughout and coarse roots throughout; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 13N04853

A2--15 to 27 centimeters (5.9 to 10.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; medium roots throughout and coarse roots throughout; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N04854

Bt1--27 to 58 centimeters (10.6 to 22.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; medium roots throughout and fine roots between peds; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine distinct iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in cracks; 15 percent fine distinct cylindrical weakly cemented ferromagnesian minerals with clear boundaries in matrix; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N04855

Bt2--58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; medium roots between peds and fine roots between peds; faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct iron depletions with clear boundaries between peds; 15 percent medium distinct cylindrical weakly cemented ferromagnesian minerals with clear boundaries in matrix; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N04856

Bt3--79 to 150 centimeters (31.1 to 59.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) broken face silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; medium roots between peds and fine roots between peds; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent medium distinct iron depletions with clear boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct cylindrical moderately cemented ferromagnesian minerals with clear boundaries in matrix and 30 percent medium distinct irregular weakly cemented ferromagnesian minerals with clear boundaries in matrix; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 13N04857

Bt4--150 to 200 centimeters (59.1 to 78.7 inches); 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; fine roots between peds; distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 8 percent medium distinct cylindrical weakly cemented plinthite nodules with clear boundaries throughout and 25 percent fine distinct iron depletions with clear boundaries throughout and 25 percent fine distinct masses of oxidized iron; 15 percent medium distinct cylindrical weakly cemented ferromagnesian minerals with sharp boundaries in matrix; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 13N04858