IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Anakeesta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2003TN155002
  • User Pedon ID: 03TN155002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0712
  • 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: 35.6529100
  • Std. Longitude: -83.4393400
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Mt. LeConte-150 yards west of trail shelter.
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN155—Sevier
  • MLRA: 130B—Southern Blue Ridge
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN640—Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 35083-F4—Mount Le Conte, Tennessee

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tim Harlan, Dillon Gray, Anthony Khiel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Lithic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Anakeesta
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Lithic Dystrudepts
  • Classificaton Date - 5/19/2003
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from metasedimentary rock
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountaintop
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/19/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    20

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    1959

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    270

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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    A1—3 to 18 centimeters (1.2 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam, muck; weak medium and coarse granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; flat 2-?-150 millimeter slate fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter quartz fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N03422
    A2—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) sandy loam, channers; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 11.0 fine roots; 65 percent by volume nonflat 2-?-75 millimeter quartz fragments and 65 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter slate fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N03422
    Bw—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam, channers; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 75 percent by volume flat 2-?-150 millimeter slate fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N03423
    Cr—46 centimeters (18.1 inches); bedrock; fragments.