IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Busseltown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999TN135005
  • User Pedon ID: 1999TN135005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0254
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11762
  • Print Date: 11/12/2025

    • 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: 35.4351959
  • Std. Longitude: -88.0295029
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: from Linden take Hwy 13 south about 3 miles to Hwy 128; go about 8 miles to dobber Rd; go 1 mile to Culps bend Rd; turn left and go about 5 miles to an unnamed road; go 1 mile to Hardin Bottom Rd; turn right and go 0.25 miles to a road fork; bear left and go about 1 mile to a farmstead; follow field road about 0.5 miles south into a crop field; pedon is in higher part of crop field.
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN135—Perry
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN135—Perry County, Tennessee
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 35088-D1—Bath Springs, Tennessee

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Busseltown
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, thermic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/2/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/2/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam, silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; deformable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 fine and medium high-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent by volume well rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01843
    Bt—25 to 61 centimeters (9.8 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; deformable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine and medium high-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume well rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01844. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1169728; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1169728
    Btx1—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6); moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine and medium high-continuity tubular and 3.0 fine and 0.5 low-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent medium platy extremely weakly coherent cemented very dark gray (10YR 3/1) iron-manganese masses between peds and 3 percent medium light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) iron depletions and 3 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume well rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01845. heavy loam; brittle in about 75 percent of mass, friable; very few very fine and fine roots along prism faces.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1169729; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1169729
    Btx2—76 to 137 centimeters (29.9 to 53.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy clay loam, loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 3.0 fine and medium low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 10 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent medium and coarse platy extremely weakly coherent cemented very dark gray (10YR 3/1) manganese masses between peds; 1 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified throughout; 1 percent by volume well rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01846. brittle in about 85 percent of mass; very few very fine roots along prism faces; common coarse and very coarse light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) iron depletions pedogenic along prism faces with adjacent rind-like common medium and coarse strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) soft masses of iron accumulation pedogenic along prism faces.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1169730; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1169730
    127 centimeters (50.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 00P01850. Base saturation; sampling note: 1 bulk bag, 3 Bd clods, 1 TS clod, 1 Nat Fab clod per horizon. Also 1 base sat sample at critical depth.
    Btx3—137 to 190 centimeters (53.9 to 74.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 0.5 medium tubular and 3.0 fine low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 10 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent coarse platy extremely weakly coherent cemented very dark gray (10YR 3/1) iron-manganese masses between peds; 1 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified throughout; 1 percent by volume well rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01847. brittle in about 90 percent of mass; very few very fine roots along prism faces; common coarse light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) iron depletions pedogenic along prism faces with adjacent rind-like common medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) soft masses of iron accumulation pedogenic along prism faces.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169731; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169731
    Btx4—190 to 241 centimeters (74.8 to 94.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 medium tubular and 3.0 fine low-continuity discontinuous tubular pores; 10 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay films in root channels and/or pores; 3 percent coarse platy extremely weakly coherent cemented very dark gray (10YR 3/1) iron-manganese masses between peds; 10 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified throughout; 1 percent by volume well rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01848. brittle in about 95 percent of mass; very few very fine roots along prism faces; common coarse light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) iron depletions pedogenic along prism faces with adjacent rind-like common medium strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) soft masses of iron accumulation pedogenic along prism faces.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169732; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169732
    Bx—241 to 292 centimeters (94.9 to 115.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm; 1 percent fine platy mica flakes, unspecified throughout; 1 percent by volume well rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 00P01849. brittle in about 60 percent of mass; very few very fine roots along prism faces; common coarse light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) iron depletions pedogenic along prism faces with adjacent rind-like common medium strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) soft masses of iron accumulation pedogenic along prism faces.