IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bouldin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006TN061042
  • User Pedon ID: 2006TN061042
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2006TN061042
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0181
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19209
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 35.4841499
  • Std. Longitude: -85.6814423
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: SAMPLE SITE IN TAYLOR CREEK
  • Map Unit: BoF—Bouldin stony loam, 30 to 75 percent slopes, bouldery
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN061—Grundy
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN061—Grundy County, Tennessee
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 35085-D6—Altamont, Tennessee

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Gabe Krantz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Typic Paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bouldin (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/2/2013
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - BOULDIN
  • Classificaton Date - 11/7/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: gravelly colluvium derived from limestone, sandstone, and shale
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountainflank, lower third
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Monteagle Limestone formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/7/2006 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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

    CARYA

    FAGR

    LITU

    Carya

    Fagus grandifolia

    Liriodendron tulipifera

    hybrid hickory

    American beech

    tuliptree

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—15

    28—211

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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

    40

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    338

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    100

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) very cobbly fine sandy loam; 62 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 10 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; friable; 45 percent by volume subrounded indurated 2-100-500 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; 2 Percent of Aluminum Saturation; 32 Percent of Base Saturation; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N01119; observed in cut
    BE—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) extremely cobbly fine sandy loam; 59 percent sand; 30 percent silt; 11 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 65 percent by volume subrounded indurated 2-100-500 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; 38 Percent of Aluminum Saturation; 22 Percent of Base Saturation; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N01120; observed in cut
    Bt1—28 to 56 centimeters (11.0 to 22.0 inches); 75 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) and 20 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) and 5 percent yellow (10YR 7/8) extremely cobbly sandy clay loam; 51 percent sand; 24 percent silt; 25 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 65 percent by volume subrounded indurated 2-100-500 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; 39 Percent of Aluminum Saturation; 35 Percent of Base Saturation; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N01121; observed in cut
    Bt2—56 to 107 centimeters (22.0 to 42.1 inches); 90 percent red (2.5YR 5/6) and 10 percent light red (2.5YR 7/8) very cobbly sandy clay loam; 47 percent sand; 24 percent silt; 29 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 50 percent by volume subrounded indurated 2-100-500 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; 61 Percent of Aluminum Saturation; 22 Percent of Base Saturation; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N01122; observed in cut
    Bt3—107 to 147 centimeters (42.1 to 57.9 inches); 70 percent red (2.5YR 5/6) and 25 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 5 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/8) very stony clay loam; 37 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 38 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 50 percent by volume subrounded indurated 2-500-1000 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; 77 Percent of Aluminum Saturation; 13 Percent of Base Saturation; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 07N01123; observed in cut
    Bt4—147 to 211 centimeters (57.9 to 83.1 inches); 90 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) and 5 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) and 5 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) very stony clay; 27 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 42 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 55 percent by volume subrounded indurated 2-500-1000 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; 89 Percent of Aluminum Saturation; 7 Percent of Base Saturation; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter. Lab sample # 07N01124; observed in cut