IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fairmount
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958TN105007
  • User Pedon ID: S1958TN105007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958TN105007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4967
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41656
  • 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: 35.6937103
  • Std. Longitude: -84.2299118
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Three miles north of Morganton, Tennessee.
  • 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 #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fairmount
  • Classificaton Date - 4/10/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: ridge
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/10/1958 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: ANU-IL-30
  • 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

    PIPA2

    QUERC

    Pinus palustris

    Quercus

    longleaf pine

    oak

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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

    5

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    274

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    O1—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); 3 percent worm casts; fragments. Lab sample # 40A37580. Black, partly decomposed leaves and other plant residues.
    A11—1 to 4 centimeters (0.4 to 1.6 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; strong fine granular structure; loose; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37581
    A12—4 to 17 centimeters (1.6 to 6.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; strong very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37582
    A3—17 to 29 centimeters (6.7 to 11.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silty clay loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37583
    B—29 to 39 centimeters (11.4 to 15.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate and strong very fine and fine subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A37584
    2C—39 to 39 centimeters (15.4 to 15.4 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A37585