IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Junaluska
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987TN163032
  • User Pedon ID: 87TN163032
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0255
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59551
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 36.4958344
  • Std. Longitude: -82.0677795
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: On FS Rd 87, .5 mi W of Left Prong Big Creek, 30 feet S of road.
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN163—Sullivan
  • MLRA: 130—Blue Ridge

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Harry C. Davis
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 32
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Junaluska
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1987 (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—5

    15—69

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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

    14

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    579

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    180

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    O—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); undecomposed organic matter; fragments. Slightly decomposed litter of hardoowd leaves and twigs.
    A—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01267; moist when described;. many medium roots throughout; few coarse roots throughout
    BA—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01268; moist when described;. common medium roots throughout; few coarse roots throughout
    Bt1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 5.5 medium discontinuous tubular and 5.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01269; moist when described;. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common medium roots throughout; few coarse roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 231942; patchy - phpvsfiid 231942
    Bt2—28 to 54 centimeters (11.0 to 21.3 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 2.5 medium discontinuous tubular and 2.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01270; moist when described;. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few medium roots throughout; few coarse roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 231943; patchy - phpvsfiid 231943
    Bt3—54 to 72 centimeters (21.3 to 28.3 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 medium discontinuous tubular and 2.5 fine discontinuous tubular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01271; moist when described;. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; patchy - phpvsfiid 231944; patchy - phpvsfiid 231944
    Cr1—72 to 84 centimeters (28.3 to 33.1 inches); weathered bedrock; fragments. Soft metasandstone, dusky red in color that can be dug with a spade.
    Cr2—84 to 130 centimeters (33.1 to 51.2 inches); weathered bedrock; fragments. Soft, purplish siltstone that can be dug with a spade.
    Cr3—130 to 173 centimeters (51.2 to 68.1 inches); weathered bedrock; fragments. Multicolored, fractured phyllite that can be dug with difficulty with a spade.