IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gilpin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2003TN129001
  • User Pedon ID: 03TN129001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0720
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15494
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 36.1033325
  • Std. Longitude: -84.5897217
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Hwy 27N right on to 62E 1st left on to Hillcrest St., then right into parking lot of USDA Service Center 50ft NW of office.
  • Map Unit: 21C—Gilpin silt loam, 5 to 12 percent slopes
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN129—Morgan
  • MLRA: 125—Cumberland Plateau and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN129—Morgan County, Tennessee
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36084-A5—Camp Austin, Tennessee

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JRP
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilpin
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/16/2003
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: shale and siltstone residuum
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/16/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

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    76 -

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

    15—76

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    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

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    402

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    Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 5 percent by volume 2-?-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N03501
    BE—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-?-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N03502
    Bt1—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-?-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N03503
    Bt2—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-?-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N03504
    Bt3—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) channery silty clay loam; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 3 percent yellow (10YR 7/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 2-?-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N03505
    Cr—76 centimeters (29.9 inches); fragments.