IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Memphis
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985TN075001
  • User Pedon ID: 85TN075001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0119
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57924
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 35.5527763
  • Std. Longitude: -89.4277802
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2.2 mi S of Hwy 54 on Willis Road then N 200 feet.
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN075—Haywood
  • MLRA: 134—Southern Mississippi Valley Loess
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. McCowan and D. E. Lewis
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Memphis
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Typic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1985 (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

    0—15

    15—152

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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

    3

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    —

    102

    —

    127

    —

    —

    23

    33

    9

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    1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P00755. common fine roots
    1Bt1—15 to 34 centimeters (5.9 to 13.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P00756. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231198; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231198
    1Bt2—34 to 57 centimeters (13.4 to 22.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent distinct , moist, skeletans on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P00757. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231199; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231200; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231199; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231200
    1Bt3—57 to 79 centimeters (22.4 to 31.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, skeletans on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 86P00758. Few black manganese stains; few reddish iron stains.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; many skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231201; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231202; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231201; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231202
    1Bt4—79 to 109 centimeters (31.1 to 42.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, skeletans on vertical faces of peds; fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 86P00759. (10YR 6/3) silty seams 2 to 6 mm wide between prisms; few black manganese stains; few reddish iron stains.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on vertical faces of peds; few fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231203; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231203
    1Bt5—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior silt loam; moderate coarse and very coarse prismatic structure; friable; 5.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, skeletans on vertical faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 86P00760. (10YR 7/2) silty seams 2 to 20 mm wide between prisms; few black manganese stains, few reddish iron stains.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on vertical faces of peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231205; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231205