IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Harpeth
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985TN165001
  • User Pedon ID: 1985TN165001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1985TN165001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0118
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57923
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 2.0 mi W along Long Hollow Pike from the intersection of Hwy 25 and Long Hollow Pike 150 feet W of road.
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN165—Sumner
  • MLRA: 123—Nashville Basin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Prater, R. Sims, and E. Lewis
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed Typic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Harpeth
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Typic Paleudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 1
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    FEAR3

    Festuca arundinacea

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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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    195

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    270

    119

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    16

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    Ap—0 to 22 centimeters (0.0 to 8.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P00749. many fine roots
    BA—22 to 38 centimeters (8.7 to 15.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior and 40 percent brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P00750. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; many fine roots
    Bt1—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P00751. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots
    Bt2—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P00752. common fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots
    Bt3—89 to 125 centimeters (35.0 to 49.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior silty clay loam; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P00753. common fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; many medium faint 7.5YR56 mottles
    Bt4—125 to 165 centimeters (49.2 to 65.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior clay; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 55 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 86P00754. common fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; many medium faint 7.5YR56 mottles