IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Beason
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967TN037005
  • User Pedon ID: 1967TN037005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1967TN037005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5461
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42706
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN037—Davidson
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN037—Davidson County, Tennessee

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. F. Wharton
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Beason
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/25/1967
  • 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: 10/25/1967 (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

    LESPE

    LOAR10

    Lespedeza

    Lolium arundinaceum

    lespedeza

    tall fescue

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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

    2.5

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine faint and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate medium granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41033
    Bt1—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine and medium faint mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 0.5 pores; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41034
    Bt2—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; 3 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium faint mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky, and massive; friable; 3.0 roots; 3.0 pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41035
    2Ab—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine and 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky, and massive; firm; 3.0 roots; 0.5 pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41036
    2Btb1—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silty clay loam; 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) medium distinct and 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; 30 percent clay films; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41037. patchy - phpvsfiid 1169809; patchy - phpvsfiid 1169809
    2Btb2—76 to 104 centimeters (29.9 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium faint and 21 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium faint mottles; massive, and weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky; very firm; 3.0 roots; 0.5 pores; clay films and clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41038. continuous - phpvsfiid 1169810; patchy - phpvsfiid 1169811; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169810; patchy - phpvsfiid 1169811
    Bb1—104 to 137 centimeters (40.9 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; 21 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium and coarse distinct and 21 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium and coarse distinct and 21 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium and coarse distinct and 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium and coarse distinct mottles; weak coarse angular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky, and massive; very firm; 0.5 roots; 0.5 pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41039
    Bb2—137 to 198 centimeters (53.9 to 78.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 21 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine and medium distinct and 21 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine and medium distinct and 21 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive, and weak medium and coarse subangular blocky; very firm; 0.5 pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41040
    3Bb—198 to 206 centimeters (78.0 to 81.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loam; massive; firm; fragments. Lab sample # 40A41041