Table 1. Landcover classes in MLRA 129 (Source: 1992 NRI)
Landcover class Acres Percent of MLRA
Forested
2,983,400
 71
Pasture
683,000
 16
Cultivated cropland
341,900
 8
Miscellaneous
149,000
 4
Non-cultivated cropland (hay)
44,500
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Table 2. Classification and selected characteristics of dominant soils in MLRA 129 that relate to water and solute transport.
Series in MLRA 129
Associations Great Group  Subgroup Family  Drainage
Montevallo Dystrochrept Typic loamy-skeletal mixed thermic noncalcareous well drained
Bankhead   Typic coarse-loamy siliceous thermic somewhat excessive
Chenneby   Fluvaquentic fine-silty mixed thermic well drained
Chewacla   Fluvaquentic fine-loamy mixed thermic well drained
Hector   Lithic udic loamy siliceous thermic well drained
         
WynnviIIe Fagiudults Glossic fine-loamy diliceous thermic moderately well drained
Leadvale   Typic fine-silty siliceous thermic well drained
Locust   Glossic fine-loamy mixed thermic well drained
Wax   Typic fine-loamy siliceous thermic well drained
Taft   Glossaquic fine-silty siliceous thermic well drained
         
Nauvoo Hapludults Typic fine-loamy siliceous thermic well drained
Town Iey   Typic clayey mixed thermic moderately well drained
Gorgas   Lithic udic loamy siliceous thermic well drained
Hartsells   Typic fine-loamy siliceous thermic well drained
Albertsville   Typic clayey mixed thermic well drained
Smithdale   Typic fine-loamy siliceous thermic well drained
Sunlight   Ochreptic loamy-skeletal mixed thermic noncalcareous moderately well drained
Nectar   Typic clayey kaolinitic thermic well drained
Barfield   Lithic udic clayey mixed thermic well drained
Sipsey   Typic fine-loamy siliceous themic somewhat poorly
Chisca   Verlic very-fine smectitic thermic moderately well drained
Linker   Typic fine-loamy siliceous thermic well drained
State   Typic fine-loamy mixed thermic well drained
Spadra   Typic fine-loamy siliceous thermic well drained
Whitwell   Aquic fine-loamy siliceous thermic well drained
         
Capshaw Hapludalfs Ultic fine-mixed thermic moderately well drained
Colbert   Vertic fine smectitic thermic moderately well drained
         
Rock Outrcrop Miscellaneous NA NA NA
         
Roanoke Ochraquults Typic clayey mixed thermic poorly drained
         
Nelle Paleudults Typic fine-loamy siliceous thermic well drained
AlIen   Typic fine-loamy siliceous thermic well drained
Bodine   Typic loamy-skeletal siliceous thermic somewhat excessively
Fullerton   Typic clayey kaolinitic thermic well drained
Minvale   Typic fine-loamy siliceous thermic well drained
Quitman   Aquic fine-loamy siliceous thermic somewhat poorly
Pikevale   Typic fine-loamy siliceous thermic well drained
         
Hollywood Hapluderts Oxyaquic fine smectitic thermic moderately well drained
        well drained
Palmerdale Udorthents Typic loamy-skeletal mixed acid thermic  

 

Table 3. Characteristics of selected soils that are dominant in MLRA 129. Permeability is the average of official series estimated range.
Series in MLRA 129 Associations Surface
Texture1
Permeability
 Slope
Average
Hydrologic
Group2
Available
Water3
 MLRA Map units in which this series is a component4
    in h-1 %   in  
Montevallo CN-SIL
1.3
 4
B
 1.15 15,4,20,16,7,18,17,4
Bankhead  
4
 25
D
 3.12 7,24
Chenneby SIL
1.3
 7.5
B
 10.82 23,7,5,14,3,15,14,1
Chewacla  
1.3
 18.5
B
 10.96 17,21,19,10,12
Hector  
4
 8
D
 1.76 10,9,13
Wynnville SIL
0.13
 3.5
C
 10.11 2,24,7,19,1,23,19
Leadville  
0.13
 20
D
 7.31
15
Locust  
0.13
 8.5
D
 6.56 21,14,19
Wax  
0.13
 4
C
  
22
Taft  
0.13
 32.5
D
 7.06 23,19
Nauvoo FSL
1.3
 25
B
 6.56 16,6,19,2,7,17,13,15,12,24,13,15,11,22
townley SIL
0.13
 1
C
 3.18 20,7,15,10,12,21,18,19,24,16,22,17
Gorgas FSL
4
 8
D
 1.83 1,2,8,20,17,6,15,7,3,23,12,21
Hartsells FSL
1.3
 12.5
C
 5.39 9,10,1,8,12,11,7,20,17
Alberiville FSL
0.4
 4
C
 8.41 1,17,16,12,7
Smithdale SL
1.3
 7.5
C
 12.27 7,15,13
Sunlight CN-SIL
1.3
 2
C
 1.57 24,21,15,22
Nectar FSL
0.4
 10.5
B
 7.82 23,12,16,7,17,8,5,21
Barfleld SICL
0.4
 18.5
D
 2.13 5,17
Sipsey FSL
1.3
 1
C
 3.64 24,7
Chisca SIL
0.13
 4
D
 7.9 23,5
Linker FSL
1.3
 8
C
 4.7 12,23,2,10,6,11
State SIL
0.13
 12.5
B
 8.13
15
Spadra FSL
1.3
 7.5
C
 11.02
19
Whitwell L
1.3
 8.5 B 12.29
19
Capshaw L
0.13
 4 C 9.57 5,2
Colbert SIL
0.035
 4 D 8.36 2,23,7,4
Rock Outcrop NA NA NA NA NA 12,7,17,13,8
Roanoke SIL
0.035-0.13
 1 D 9.56 2,19,21
Nella ST-FSL
1.3
 4 C 7.71 17,10,22,23,21,17
Allen FSL
1.3
 27.5 B 10.04 8,4,3,2,15,22,23,21,17
Bodine CR-SIL
4
 10 B 5.56
4
Fullerton CR-SIL
1.3
 18.5 B 10.97
4
Minvale CR-SIL
1.3
 10 B 10.51 4,22
Quitman L
0.4
 1 C 9.74
22
Pikevale SL
1.3
 25 B 7.5 5,13
Hollywood C
0.035
 1 D 10.94
2
Palmerdale  
4
 25 B 5.6 15,18
1Surface Texture: SIL=silt loam; FSL=fine sandy loam; SL=sandy loam; CN=channery; SICL=silty clay loam; L=loam
2Hydrologic Soil Groups: A=High infiltration rates, soils are well to excessively drained sands and gravels
  B=Moderate infiltration rates, soils are moderately to well drained, with loamy textures
  C=Slow infiltration rates, soils have layers that impede downward movement of water
  D=Very slow infiltration rates, soils have clayey textures, or high water tables, or shallow to impervious layers
3Available Water: Sum of all layers: average of inches per inch of soil times soil layer thickness.
4Reclassed from STATSGO state map databases