Soil Series Atlas

Luverne soil series

Fine, mixed, semiactive, thermic Typic Hapludults

050100150200cm1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft5 ft6 ftATopsoil0–3 cm · 0–1 inELeached layer3–18 cm · 1–7 inBt1Subsoil · clay build-up18–51 cm · 7–20 inBt2Subsoil · clay build-up51–76 cm · 20–30 inBCSubsoil grading to parent material76–102 cm · 30–40 inC1Parent material102–122 cm · 40–48 inC2Parent material122–157 cm · 48–62 inC3Parent material157–203 cm · 62–80 in050100150200cmATopsoil0–3 cm · 0–1 inELeached layer3–18 cm · 1–7 inBt1Subsoil · clay build-up18–51 cm · 7–20 inBt2Subsoil · clay build-up51–76 cm · 20–30 inBCSubsoil grading toparent material76–102 cm · 30–40 inC1Parent material102–122 cm · 40–48 inC2Parent material122–157 cm · 48–62 inC3Parent material157–203 cm · 62–80 in
Typical pedon, to scale: 203 cm (80 in), 8 horizons.

Ultisols — strongly weathered, leached soils with a clay-enriched subsoil

Luverne is mapped on 1.94 million acres in 5 states, 39th nationally by area. No series covers more of Alabama: it accounts for 5.7% of the state’s mapped soil. It is the largest of the 24 established series in its family.

Depth
Very deep
Drainage
Well drained
Water movement
Moderately slow

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Where Luverne is mapped

1,937,601 acres in 64 soil survey areas, from current SSURGO data.

Alabama: 1,560,141 acresArizonaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaIndianaKansasMaineMassachusettsMinnesotaNew JerseyNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOklahomaPennsylvaniaSouth DakotaTexasWyomingConnecticutMissouriWest VirginiaIllinoisNew MexicoArkansas: 8,630 acresCaliforniaDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaIowaKentucky: 213 acresMarylandMichiganMississippi: 174,236 acresMontanaNew HampshireNew YorkOhioOregonTennessee: 194,380 acresUtahVirginiaWashingtonWisconsinNebraskaSouth CarolinaIdahoNevadaVermontLouisianaRhode Island

Share of all Luverne acres

  1. Alabama80%
  2. Tennessee10%
  3. Mississippi9%
  4. Arkansas0.4%
  5. Kentucky<0.1%

In the field

Drainage

Well drained

Drains fastStays wet

Soil depth

Very deep

ShallowDeep

Permeability

Moderately slow

SlowFast
Parent material
Marine/coastal plain sediments
Landform
Coastal plains
Type location
Alabama

How it is classified

  1. OrderUltisols
  2. SuborderUdults
  3. Great groupHapludults
  4. SubgroupTypic Hapludults
  5. FamilyFine, mixed, semiactive, thermic Typic Hapludultsfine particle-size classmixed mineralogy classsemiactive cation-exchange activity classthermic soil temperature regime

Against other Ultisols

Luverne makes up 1.02% of all mapped Ultisols — the 11th largest of 1,278 series in the order.

Solum thickness (topsoil + subsoil)

102 cm under a median of 142 cm

Depth to the subsoil

18 cm under a median of 23 cm

Depth described

203 cm over a median of 178 cm

Its relatives

23 other established series share the family “Fine, mixed, semiactive, thermic Typic Hapludults”

  1. Luverne1.9 M
  2. Carnasaw1.8 M
  3. Cuthbert1.0 M
  4. Sweatman840 k
  5. Kirvin752 k
  6. Townley689 k
  7. Badin566 k
  8. Tatum494 k
  9. Bengal414 k

Close relatives, at one scale

  1. Luverne203 cm · Typic Hapludults
  2. Greenwich183 cm · Typic Hapludults
  3. Sassafras178 cm · Typic Hapludults
  4. Downer203 cm · Typic Hapludults
  5. Gilpin79 cm · Typic Hapludults
  6. Smithdale211 cm · Typic Hapludults

Horizon by horizon

HorizonLayerDepthThickness
ATopsoil0–3 cm0–1 in3 cm
ELeached layer3–18 cm1–7 in15 cm
Bt1Subsoil: clay build-up18–51 cm7–20 in33 cm
Bt2Subsoil: clay build-up51–76 cm20–30 in25 cm
BCSubsoil grading to parent material76–102 cm30–40 in26 cm
C1Parent material102–122 cm40–48 in20 cm
C2Parent material122–157 cm48–62 in35 cm
C3Parent material157–203 cm62–80 in46 cm

Sources: USDA–NRCS Official Series Description (revised 2014-03), Soil Classification database and SSURGO. Ranks computed by Soil Series Atlas. Method · Guides