IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Etowah
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967TN037002
  • User Pedon ID: 1967TN037002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1967TN037002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5458
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42703
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Tennessee A&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, and E. Davis
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Etowah
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/23/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: 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

    DAGL

    Dactylis glomerata

    orchardgrass

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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

    5

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41009
    Bt1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; clay films; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41010. patchy - phpvsfiid 1169795; patchy - phpvsfiid 1169795
    Bt2—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; weak medium and coarse angular blocky, and weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; clay films and clay films; 1 percent worm casts; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter quartz fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41011. patchy - phpvsfiid 1169796; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169797; patchy - phpvsfiid 1169796; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169797
    Bt3—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; weak medium and coarse angular blocky, and weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 1 percent worm casts; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter quartz fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41012
    2Bt1—53 to 84 centimeters (20.9 to 33.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) medium distinct and 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) medium distinct and 21 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) coarse distinct and 21 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) coarse distinct mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; clay films on faces of peds and clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-3-5 millimeter quartz fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41013. patchy - phpvsfiid 1169798; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169799; patchy - phpvsfiid 1169798; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169799
    2Bt2—84 to 127 centimeters (33.1 to 50.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 3 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium distinct and 3 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium distinct mottles; 0.5 roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41014
    2Bt3—127 to 155 centimeters (50.0 to 61.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 3 percent light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/3) medium distinct and 3 percent light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/3) fine distinct and 3 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine distinct and 3 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) medium distinct and 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine distinct and 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) medium distinct and 3 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine distinct and 3 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium distinct and 3 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine distinct and 3 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 10 percent by volume 2-4-6 millimeter quartz fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-4-6 millimeter quartzite fragments. Lab sample # 40A41015
    2Bt4—155 to 224 centimeters (61.0 to 88.2 inches); clay loam; 3 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine faint and 3 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine faint and 3 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine faint mottles; fragments. Lab sample # 40A41016
    B1—224 to 264 centimeters (88.2 to 103.9 inches); 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct and 1 percent yellow (2.5Y 7/6) fine distinct and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine distinct mottles; fragments.
    B2—264 to 279 centimeters (103.9 to 109.8 inches); fragments.
    B3—279 to 384 centimeters (109.8 to 151.2 inches); clay loam; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium distinct and 1 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) medium distinct and 1 percent yellow (2.5Y 7/6) medium distinct mottles; fragments.
    B4—384 to 536 centimeters (151.2 to 211.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6); fragments.