IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Silerton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955TN077005
  • User Pedon ID: S1955TN077005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5022
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41711
  • 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: 35.6297226
  • Std. Longitude: -88.3230591
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 4 miles east of Lexington, Tennessee, near intersection of Highway 20 and Rock Hill Road, 150 yards south of Highway 20 and 20 feet east of Rock Hill Road.
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN077—Henderson
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN077—Henderson County, Tennessee

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. C. Sease and Robbie Flowers
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Silerton
  • Classificaton Date - 4/6/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/6/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 2F-72
  • 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
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    AP—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A37947
    A3—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A37948
    B21—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, coats; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A37949
    B22—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A37950
    C1—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate and strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A37951
    D1m—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) fine faint mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A37952
    D2m—69 to 81 centimeters (27.2 to 31.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and light gray (10YR 7/2) very fine sandy loam; 21 percent medium distinct mottles; massive; friable; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A37953
    D3m1—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2) sandy clay loam; 21 percent medium distinct mottles; massive; friable; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A37954. layers of iron-like laterite crusts.
    D3m2—97 to 114 centimeters (38.2 to 44.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2) sandy clay; 21 percent medium distinct mottles; massive; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A37955
    D4m—114 to 132 centimeters (44.9 to 52.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) sandy clay; 1 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) fine faint and 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) fine faint mottles; massive; 3 percent mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A37956
    D5m—132 to 132 centimeters (52.0 to 52.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2) sandy clay; 21 percent medium distinct mottles; massive; hard when dry; 1 percent mica flakes, unspecified; fragments. Lab sample # 40A37957