IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Etowah
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967TN037001
  • User Pedon ID: 1967TN037001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1967TN037001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5457
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42702
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Tennessee A and I University farm
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN037—Davidson
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN037—Davidson County, Tennessee

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. F. Wharton, E. T. Lampley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Typic Paleudults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Etowah
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Typic Paleudults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/23/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/23/1967 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CYDA

    DAGL

    MESA

    Cynodon dactylon

    Dactylis glomerata

    Medicago sativa

    Bermudagrass

    orchardgrass

    alfalfa

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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

    3

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40996
    Bt21—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silt loam; 1 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine distinct mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; thick clay films; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40997. continuous - phpvsfiid 1169785; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169785
    Bt22—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; clay films; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40998. continuous - phpvsfiid 1169786; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169786
    Bt23—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silt loam; 3 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium distinct mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40999. continuous - phpvsfiid 1169787; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169787
    2Bt24—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 3 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 3.0 roots; clay films on all faces of peds and clay films; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41000. patchy - phpvsfiid 1169788; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169789; patchy - phpvsfiid 1169788; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169789
    2Bt25—91 to 104 centimeters (35.8 to 40.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 3 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; clay films on all faces of peds and clay films; fragments. Lab sample # 40A41001. patchy - phpvsfiid 1169790; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169791; patchy - phpvsfiid 1169790; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169791
    2Bt26—104 to 122 centimeters (40.9 to 48.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 21 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; clay films; fragments. Lab sample # 40A41002. continuous - phpvsfiid 1169792; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169792
    B31—122 to 142 centimeters (48.0 to 55.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 21 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 3.0 roots; clay films and 1 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 40A41003. continuous - phpvsfiid 1169794; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169794
    B32—142 to 173 centimeters (55.9 to 68.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct and 3 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) medium distinct and 3 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium distinct mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A41004
    Bb21—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; fragments. Lab sample # 40A41005
    Bb22—203 to 267 centimeters (79.9 to 105.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; 3 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine distinct mottles; fragments. Lab sample # 40A41006
    Bb23—267 to 307 centimeters (105.1 to 120.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; 3 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/4) fine and medium distinct and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; fragments. Lab sample # 40A41007
    Bb3—307 to 363 centimeters (120.9 to 142.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loam; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium faint and 21 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine and medium faint and 21 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/4) fine and medium faint mottles; fragments. Lab sample # 40A41008
    R—363 centimeters (142.9 inches); bedrock; fragments.