IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lax
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998TN043001
  • User Pedon ID: 1998TN043001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0365
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10635
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 36.0811920
  • Std. Longitude: -87.5354462
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Use official OSD location.
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN043—Dickson
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN043—Dickson County, Tennessee
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36087-A5—Tennessee City, Tennessee

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DCM,DFC,DLN,RP
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Typic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lax (flagged as OSD)
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/2013
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - LAX
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, siliceous, thermic Typic Fragiudults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/2/1998
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/2/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—15

    15—168

    60—103

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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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    A—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior silt loam; moderate medium platy parts to moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 40.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 40.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02143
    E—4 to 15 centimeters (1.6 to 5.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 40.0 medium and coarse roots throughout and 40.0 fine roots throughout; 30.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02144
    BE—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) exterior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 40.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 40.0 medium and coarse roots throughout; 35.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02145
    Bt1—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) exterior silty clay loam; 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 25.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 30.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P02146
    Bt2—43 to 60 centimeters (16.9 to 23.6 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) exterior silty clay loam; 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 12.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 12.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P02147
    2Btx—60 to 103 centimeters (23.6 to 40.6 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior extremely gravelly silty clay loam; 40 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium and coarse distinct mottles; massive parts to weak coarse and very coarse subangular blocky; extremely firm, strongly coherent by silica; brittle; high toughness; 15.0 fine low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 40 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on lower surfaces of peds or rocks and 40 percent prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on rock fragments; 90 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P02148. Brittle in 90 percent of the mass.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169746; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169747; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169746; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169747
    2Bt—103 to 165 centimeters (40.6 to 65.0 inches); 50 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) exterior and 40 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) exterior and 10 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) exterior extremely gravelly silty clay loam; weak coarse and very coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, weakly coherent by silica; brittle; high toughness; 5.0 very fine and fine low-continuity continuous tubular pores; 45 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on upper surfaces of peds or rocks; 10 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 60 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P02149. Brittle in 25 percent of the mass. 98P2150; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169748; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169748
    2Cx—165 to 195 centimeters (65.0 to 76.8 inches); 40 percent white (10YR 8/1) exterior and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) exterior and 30 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior extremely gravelly silty clay loam; massive; very firm, very strongly coherent by silica; brittle; high toughness; 10.0 fine low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 30 percent distinct light gray (2.5Y 7/1), moist, clay films throughout; 10 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 70 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments. Lab sample # 98P02151. A tongue 10"" wide extends from 41 to 78 inches. Matrix colors are 30% 2.5YR 5/8, 30% 7.5YR 5/8, 20% 10YR 7/2 and 20% 10YR 6/3. Texture is grxsicl with approximately 70% rounded gravel. Weak coarse to very coarse subangular blocky structure, brittle in approximately 25 percent of the mass. Tongue has an abrupt smooth boundary with the adjacent matrix.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169749; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169749