IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Landisburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958TN105001
  • User Pedon ID: S1958TN105001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4993
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41682
  • Print Date: 2/3/2025

    • 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: 35.6833344
  • Std. Longitude: -84.2227783
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Three miles west of Burton Hill in the southern part of Loudon County, east of the Little Tennessee River.
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN105—Loudon
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN105—Loudon County, Tennessee

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Klaus W. Flach
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Landisburg
  • Classificaton Date - 4/11/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/11/1958 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: ANU-IL-74
  • 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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; weak and moderate very fine and fine granular structure; loose; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37741
    B1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; weak fine angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37742. structure with almost continuous very weak and nonshiny clay flowing surfaces; weakly vesicular.
    B2—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silty clay loam; weak and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37743. structure with clay skins somewhat more distinctive than in the B1 horizon.
    B2m1—56 to 64 centimeters (22.0 to 25.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent and 21 percent gray (2.5Y 6/1) medium distinct mottles; weak medium platy structure; very firm; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37744. the peds are very brittle; about 30 percent of the mass consists of subangular chert fragments of .5 centimeter average diameter. This horizon is 2 to 9 inches wide and extends in streaks into the B2m2 and B3 horizons to depth of 40 inches. The streaks are about 15 inches apart.
    B2m2—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) distinct mottles; weak and moderate coarse platy structure; firm; brittle; prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay films; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37745. texture is cherty.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 186441; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 186441
    64 to 102 centimeters (25.2 to 40.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A37749. Tongue material of B2m2 horizon.
    B31—79 to 119 centimeters (31.1 to 46.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; 3 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) medium and coarse prominent mottles; weak and moderate medium platy structure; friable; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds and dark brown (10YR 3/3); fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37746
    B32—119 to 137 centimeters (46.9 to 53.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silt loam; gray (N 5/ and 1 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) fine and medium prominent and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse distinct mottles; weak medium platy, and weak medium angular blocky structure; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37747. mottles (about 40 percent of the surfaces).
    C—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; gray (N 5/ and 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine and medium prominent and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) distinct mottles; massive; very firm; fragments. Lab sample # 40A37748