IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Toxaway
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000TN009009
  • User Pedon ID: 2000TN009009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2000TN009009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01P0051
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12942
  • Print Date: 12/9/2025

    • 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: 35.5943832
  • Std. Longitude: -83.8429413
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: cades cove
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN009—Blount
  • MLRA: 130B—Southern Blue Ridge
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN640—Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee and North Carolina
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 35083-E7—Cades Cove, Tennessee

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, acid, mesic Fluvaquentic Humaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Toxaway
  • Classificaton Date - 2/16/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bonair
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 9/20/2000
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from metasedimentary rock
  • Landscape: mountains
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainbase
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/20/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PIVI2

    VERNO

    Pinus virginiana

    Vernonia

    Virginia pine

    ironweed

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

    umbric epipedon

    0—26

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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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    Ag1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P00208. overwash
    Ag2—15 to 26 centimeters (5.9 to 10.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P00209
    Bg1—26 to 41 centimeters (10.2 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P00210
    Bg2—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; 21 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P00211. iron accumulation.
    Bg3—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P00212
    Bg4—89 to 117 centimeters (35.0 to 46.1 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P00213
    Agb—117 to 147 centimeters (46.1 to 57.9 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) mucky silt loam; massive; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P00214. old dead roots and om.
    Cg1—147 to 179 centimeters (57.9 to 70.5 inches); dark greenish gray (5GY 4/1) coarse sandy loam; massive; very friable; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01P00215. small pieces of charcoal & om; no clods; grab sample.
    Cg2—179 to 204 centimeters (70.5 to 80.3 inches); fragments. gravel line-not sampled.