IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Decatur
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1953TN009003
  • User Pedon ID: S1953TN009003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1953TN009003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4949
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41638
  • Print Date: 1/31/2025

    • 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: 35.7599983
  • Std. Longitude: -83.9758301
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1/2 mile west of Maryville.
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN009—Blount
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN009—Blount County, Tennessee

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Decatur
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1953
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1953 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    LESPE

    Lespedeza

    lespedeza

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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

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    AP—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) silt loam; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A37464
    B1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A37465
    B21—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments. Lab sample # 40A37466
    B22—51 to 102 centimeters (20.1 to 40.2 inches); dark red (10R 3/6) silty clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments. Lab sample # 40A37467
    C—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); red (10R 4/6) and dark red (10R 3/6) silty clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; fragments. Lab sample # 40A37468