IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Etowah
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1953TN009021
  • User Pedon ID: S1953TN009021
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1953TN009021
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4965
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41654
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 35.7719460
  • Std. Longitude: -84.0213852
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1/2 mile north of Mt. Tabor.
  • 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 #: 21
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Etowah
  • 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:
  • 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

    AVENA

    Avena

    oat

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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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) silt loam; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A37573
    B1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A37574
    B2—41 to 127 centimeters (16.1 to 50.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) and red (2.5YR 4/6) clay loam, silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 75 percent black stains; fragments. Lab sample # 40A37575