IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Keener
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986TN163030
  • User Pedon ID: 86TN163030
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0141
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59437
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 36.5294456
  • Std. Longitude: -81.9961090
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Sullivan County, TN; From FS road 87 take FS road 6099. Go 3/4 mile. Site is 100 feet S. 60 degrees E. of road.
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN163—Sullivan
  • MLRA: 130—Blue Ridge

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Harry C. Davis and Nathan T. Hartgrove
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 30
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Keener
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Keener
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1986 (actual site observation 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
  • 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—8

    25—127

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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

    18

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    751

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    315

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    401094

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); undecomposed organic matter; fragments. Lab sample # 87P00801. Slightly decomposed forest litter of hard wood leaves and twigs.
    Oe—2 to 4 centimeters (0.8 to 1.6 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments. Lab sample # 87P00801. Partially decomposed forest litter of hard wood leaves and twigs.
    Oa—4 to 8 centimeters (1.6 to 3.1 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments. Lab sample # 87P00801. Highly decomposed organic matter in a mat of fibrous roots.
    A—8 to 16 centimeters (3.1 to 6.3 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior gravelly fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 medium roots throughout and 5.5 coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00802; moist when described;. many medium roots throughout; many coarse roots throughout
    BA—16 to 33 centimeters (6.3 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 medium roots throughout and 5.5 coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00803. Sieved 58 lbs.: 6 lbs. 20-75 mm, None greater than 75 mm.; many medium roots throughout; many coarse roots throughout
    Bt1—33 to 66 centimeters (13.0 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior cobbly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 coarse roots throughout; 0.5 medium discontinuous tubular and 2.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 15 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00804; moist when described;. Sieved 80 lbs.: 6 lbs. 20-75 mm; 8 lbs. greater than 75 mm.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common medium roots throughout; common coarse roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 221437; patchy - phpvsfiid 221437
    Bt2—66 to 99 centimeters (26.0 to 39.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior cobbly sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 medium discontinuous tubular and 2.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 15 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00805; moist when described;. Sieved 83 lbs.: 9 lbs. 20-75 mm; 21 lbs. greater than 75 mm.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 221438; patchy - phpvsfiid 221438
    Bt3—99 to 135 centimeters (39.0 to 53.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior cobbly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 medium discontinuous tubular and 2.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 15 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00806; moist when described;. Sieved 95 lbs.: 14 lbs. 20-75 mm; 26 lbs. greater than 75 mm.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 221439; patchy - phpvsfiid 221439
    BC—135 to 168 centimeters (53.1 to 66.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior extremely cobbly sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 25 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 65 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P00807; moist when described;. Impossible to sieve to stony.