Megapit Details - NEON Data

D08 TALL Megapit Soils Description

PEDON DESCRIPTION

Print Date: Jul 22 2015	Country: United States
Description Date: Jan 13 2014	State: Alabama
Describer: Milton Tuck, Lawrence McGhee	County: Bibb
Site ID: S2014AL007001	MLRA: 133A -- Southern Coastal Plain
Site Note:	Soil Survey Area:
Pedon ID: S2014AL007001	Map Unit: MsF -- Maubila-Smithdale complex, 15 to 35 percent slopes
Pedon Note:	Quad Name: Payne Lake, Alabama
Lab Source ID: KSSL	Std Latitude: 32.9510611
Lab Pedon #: 14N0297	Std Longitude: -87.3941000
User Transect ID:
Soil Name as Described/Sampled: Smithdale
Classification: Fine-loamy, siliceous, subactive, thermic Typic Hapludults	Latitude: 32 degrees 57 minutes 3.82 seconds north
Soil Name as Correlated:	Longitude: 87 degrees 23 minutes 38.76 seconds west
Classification:	Datum: WGS84
Pedon Type: confirmation description	UTM Zone: 16
Pedon Purpose: research site	UTM Easting: 463164 meters
Taxon Kind: series	UTM Northing: 3645931 meters
Associated Soils: Boykin, Maubila
Physiographic Division:	Primary Earth Cover: Tree cover
Physiographic Province:	Secondary Earth Cover:
Physiographic Section:	Existing Vegetation:
State Physiographic Area:	Parent Material: thick beds of loamy marine sediments
Local Physiographic Area:	Bedrock Kind:
Geomorphic Setting: on backslope of side slope of coastal plain on backslope of side slope of coastal plain	Bedrock Depth:
Upslope Shape: convex	Bedrock Hardness:
Cross Slope Shape: linear	Bedrock Fracture Interval:
Particle Size Control Section: 37 to 78 cm.	Surface Fragments:
Description origin: NASIS	Description database: KSSL

Diagnostic Features:

ochric epipedon 0 to 37 cm.
argillic horizon 37 to 93 cm.

Cont. Site ID: S2014AL007001

Pedon ID: S2014AL007001

Slope (%)	Elevation (meters)	Aspect (deg)	MAAT (C)	MSAT (C)	MWAT (C)	MAP (mm)	Frost-Free Days	Drainage Class	Slope Length (meters)	Upslope Length (meters)
15.0	154.0	330	18.1			1,440	236	well	23

A1--0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) rubbed sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; fine roots throughout; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01527

A2--10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; medium roots throughout and fine roots throughout and coarse roots between peds; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01528

BE--25 to 37 centimeters (9.8 to 14.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) broken face sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; medium roots between peds and fine roots between peds; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01529

Bt--37 to 75 centimeters (14.6 to 29.5 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) broken face sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; medium roots between peds and fine roots between peds; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01530

BC--75 to 93 centimeters (29.5 to 36.6 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) broken face sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; fine roots between peds; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01531

C1--93 to 130 centimeters (36.6 to 51.2 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) broken face loamy sand; structureless coarse massive; fine roots between peds; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01532

C2--130 to 200 centimeters (51.2 to 78.7 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) broken face loamy sand; structureless coarse massive; 20 percent medium distinct masses of reduced iron along lamina or strata surfaces; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 14N01533