IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ramsey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997TN035007
  • User Pedon ID: 97TN035007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0404
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10087
  • 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: 35.8414726
  • Std. Longitude: -85.0619965
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: University of Tennessee Plateau Experiment Station - Grassland Station
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN035—Cumberland
  • MLRA: 125—Cumberland Plateau and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN035—Cumberland County, Tennessee
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 35085-G1—Vandever, Tennessee

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Select soil scientist
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, siliceous Lithic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ramsey
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, siliceous Lithic Dystrochrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 4/2/1997
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: hillside
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: sandstone, unspecified
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/2/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 37
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—22

    22—41

    41—53

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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

    10

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    560

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 22 centimeters (0.0 to 8.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; moderate medium granular structure; 4.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P02446
    Bw—22 to 41 centimeters (8.7 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) cobbly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; 3.0 fine roots; 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02447
    Cr—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P02448. Highly weathered soft multicolored sandstone
    R—53 centimeters (20.9 inches); fragments. Hard multicolored sandstone