IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dickson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998TN015001
  • User Pedon ID: 1998TN015001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1998TN015001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0362
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10632
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • 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: 35.7186127
  • Std. Longitude: -86.0025024
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: South of Woodbury on Highway 53; East on Red Hill Road 3.5 miles; 200 feet south of Road.
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN015—Cannon
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN015—Cannon County, Tennessee
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 35086-F1—Hollow Springs, Tennessee

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JLP
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Glossic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dickson
  • PSC - 25 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/27/2013
  • Classifier - Jason Nemecek
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - DICKSON
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, siliceous, thermic Glossic Fragiudults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/24/1998
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/24/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 14
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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

    TRITI

    Triticum

    wheat

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    glossic horizon

    redox concentrations

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—23

    23—58

    23—79

    58—183

    58—102

    102—140

    140—200

    —23—

    —35—

    —56—

    —125—

    —44—

    —38—

    —60—
    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

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    347

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    180

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    14

    24

    4

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    Woodbury 1 WNW, TN climate sta

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) crushed silt loam; 21 percent sand; 68 percent silt; 11 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine interstitial and 3.0 medium interstitial pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02122
    Bt—23 to 51 centimeters (9.1 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; 18 percent sand; 64 percent silt; 18 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P02123. very few (less than 1 percent) clay bodies and pore fillings when viewed in thin section. This horizons should meet glossic subgroup criteria.
    E/Bt—51 to 58 centimeters (20.1 to 22.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) interior silt loam; 15 percent sand; 65 percent silt; 20 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine and medium spherical iron-manganese concretions throughout and 3 percent fine threadlike light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) iron depletions throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 98P02124. Brittle bodies up to .5 inch across made up 10 percent of the horizon. ( 3 to 17 inches; 3 inches) matrix color is near 2.5Y 6/4.; very few (less than 1 percent) clay bodies and pore fillings when viewed in thin section. This horizons should meet glossic subgroup criteria.
    Btx1—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; 19 percent sand; 59 percent silt; 23 percent clay; strong very coarse prismatic parts to strong very coarse platy structure; very firm; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 3 percent distinct white (10YR 8/1), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 75 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent medium masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P02125. ( 7 to 10 inches; 8 inches) 10YR 8/1 silt coatings on 35 percent of prism faces.; The Btx1 and Btx2 horizons have clay films on faces of peds and in pores. About 6 to 10 percent clay bodies in the matrix when viewed in thin section.; continuous - phpvsfiid 746688; continuous - phpvsfiid 746689; continuous - phpvsfiid 746688; continuous - phpvsfiid 746689
    Btx2—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay; 30 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 43 percent clay; strong very coarse prismatic parts to strong very coarse platy parts to strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 3 percent distinct white (10YR 8/1), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 75 percent prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P02126. ( 7 to 11 inches; 9 inches) 10YR 8/1 silt coats 35 percent of prism faces.; The Btx1 and Btx2 horizons have clay films on faces of peds and in pores. About 6 to 10 percent clay bodies in the matrix when viewed in thin section.; patchy - phpvsfiid 746685; continuous - phpvsfiid 746686; patchy - phpvsfiid 746685; continuous - phpvsfiid 746686
    2Bt1—102 to 140 centimeters (40.2 to 55.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) interior silty clay loam; 17 percent sand; 53 percent silt; 30 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent irregular and 3 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/8) medium prominent platy mottles; strong fine angular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 75 percent prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02127. continuous - phpvsfiid 746687; continuous - phpvsfiid 746687
    3Bt2—140 to 183 centimeters (55.1 to 72.0 inches); 50 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) interior and 30 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/8) interior and 20 percent white (10YR 8/1) interior loam; 47 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 21 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 75 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02128. patchy - phpvsfiid 746690; patchy - phpvsfiid 746690
    3C—183 to 200 centimeters (72.0 to 78.7 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/8) interior and olive yellow (2.5Y 6/8) interior clay loam; 30 percent sand; 37 percent silt; 33 percent clay; 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) medium prominent irregular and 3 percent white (10YR 8/1) fine prominent irregular mottles; massive; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 98P02129. Strongly weathered, soft, somewhat stratified siltstone.