IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Beersheba

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 88TN061 Beersheba-OSD

User Pedon ID: 88TN061 Beersheba-OSD

Vegetation Plot ID: 88TN061 Beersheba-OSD

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - NSSL

Lab Pedon # - 88P0329

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60447

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: 35.3872222

Std. Longitude: -85.6169444

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: 0.3 mile north on 55th Avenue from the intersection with State Highway 108 at Gruetli-Laager, 0.4 mile west on Colony Road, 0.6 mile north on Nolan Road, 30 feet east of road.

Map Unit: BbB—Beersheba loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes

Country: US—United States

State: Tennessee

County: TN061—Grundy

MLRA: 125—Cumberland Plateau and Mountains

MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-CLI—Clinton, Tennessee

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN061—Grundy County, Tennessee

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 35085-D5—Collins, Tennessee

PEDON

Describers Name: W.C. Mottiff

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: OSD pedon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Beersheba (flagged as OSD)

PSC - 13 to 63 cm.

Classificaton Date - 6/30/2010

Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - typic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Beersheba

Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, mesic Typic Hapludults

Taxon Kind - series

Classificaton Date - 4/1/1988

Classifier - W.C. Moffitt

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture SUBClass - typic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: fine-loamy residuum weathered from sandstone

Landscape: plateau

Landform: ridge

Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve

Hill Slope Profile: summit

Slope Position: upper third

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: convex

Runoff: medium

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Bedrock: weakly coherent sandstone, unspecified at 91cm

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 4/1/1988 (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

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
CORNU PIVI2 QUAL	Cornus Pinus virginiana Quercus alba	dogwood Virginia pine white oak	— — —	— — —	— — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
bedrock, paralithic	weakly coherent	91 - 127	- 36 -

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon argillic horizon paralithic contact	0—13 13—91 91—	—13— —78— —-

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	—	—	567	—	270	1613	—	198	13.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	TN6162	Monteagle	coop

A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 6.0 fine and medium roots; 6.0 very fine and fine pores; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01704; moist when described;

Oi—3 to 0 centimeters (1.2 to 0.0 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments.; moist when described;

E—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 fine and medium roots; 6.0 very fine and 3.0 fine and medium pores; 2 percent by volume weakly coherent cemented 2-25-50 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01705; moist when described;

Bt1—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 6.0 very fine and 3.0 fine and medium pores; 15 percent faint clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent by volume weakly coherent cemented 2-35-76 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01706; moist when described;

Bt2—36 to 66 centimeters (14.2 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume weakly coherent cemented 2-35-76 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01707; moist when described;

Bt3—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); 90 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and 10 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) sandy clay loam, loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent by volume weakly coherent cemented sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter. Lab sample # 88P01708; moist when described;

Cr—91 to 127 centimeters (35.8 to 50.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and yellow (10YR 8/6) bedrock; fragments.; moist when described;