IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dickson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998TN147002
  • User Pedon ID: 1998TN147002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0371
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10641
  • Print Date: 4/1/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 500 feet from intersection of TN Hwy 49 and TN Hwy 25 in corn field.
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN147—Robertson
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN147—Robertson County, Tennessee

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RP,JCJ
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, siliceous, active, thermic Glossaquic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dickson
  • Classificaton Date - 8/21/2013
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SANGO
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, siliceous Aquic Fragiudults
  • Classificaton Date - 4/3/1998
  • 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
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Wet Soil Moisture Duration: 30
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/3/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—30

    30—190

    72—100

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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

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 20.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 7 percent fine and medium spherical weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) manganese concretions throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P02184
    Ap2—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent fine and medium spherical noncoherent cemented very dark gray (10YR 3/1) manganese nodules throughout and 25 percent medium and coarse spherical moderately coherent cemented black (N 2/0) manganese concretions throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P02185
    Bt—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots between peds; 2.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 3 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine spherical weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) manganese concretions throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P02186. patchy - phpvsfiid 746613; patchy - phpvsfiid 746613
    Btc—51 to 72 centimeters (20.1 to 28.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior silt loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; brittle; 2.0 very fine roots between peds; 2.0 very fine moderate-continuity interstitial and tubular pores; 3 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 15 percent fine irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron between peds and 15 percent fine irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron between peds and 25 percent medium and coarse irregular light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions between peds and 25 percent fine and medium spherical extremely weakly coherent cemented very dark gray (10YR 3/1) manganese concretions throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P02187. Brittle in 30 percent of the mass.; patchy - phpvsfiid 746614; patchy - phpvsfiid 746614
    Btx1—72 to 100 centimeters (28.3 to 39.4 inches); 70 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior and 30 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) exterior silty clay loam, silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse platy structure; firm; brittle; 10 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and 20 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent fine and medium irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron between peds and 10 percent fine and medium irregular red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron between peds and 15 percent fine spherical weakly coherent cemented black (N 2/0) manganese concretions in cracks; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 98P02188. Brittle in 60 percent of the mass. E material in vertical seams are dominantly silt loam but have pockets that are silt.; continuous - phpvsfiid 746615; continuous - phpvsfiid 746616; continuous - phpvsfiid 746615; continuous - phpvsfiid 746616
    2Btx2—100 to 147 centimeters (39.4 to 57.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) exterior silty clay loam; moderate coarse and very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; 5 percent fine and medium irregular gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions between peds and 20 percent fine and medium irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron between peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 98P02189. Brittle in 80 percent of the mass. Sample was split and material taken between 147-150cm was for %BS.
    2Btx2—147 to 150 centimeters (57.9 to 59.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 98P02190. Sample between 147-150cm was collected from the 2Btx2 to be used in % Base Saturation analysis.