IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cataska
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 95TN107011
  • User Pedon ID: 95TN107011
  • User Site Association ID: 5669
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - T148
  • Transect Stop Number - 2
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 12/8/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Starr Mtn
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN107—McMinn
  • MLRA: 130—Blue Ridge

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: BRR, MCC
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cataska
  • Classificaton Date - 1/9/1995
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/9/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

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    Oe—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments.
    A—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) rubbed; fragments.
    Bw—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter arkose fragments.
    Cr—30 centimeters (11.8 inches); fragments. rotten sandstone, creep over residuum