IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Egam
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959TN071004
  • User Pedon ID: S1959TN071004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959TN071004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4963
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41652
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 35.2638893
  • Std. Longitude: -88.2872238
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 3-1/2 miles northwest of Savannah, on Coffee Landing Road, on J. D. Dodd farm, half way between Tennessee River and Coffee Landing Road.
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN071—Hardin
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN071—Hardin County, Tennessee

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. H. Proffitt, T. R. Love, and E. C. Sease
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Egam
  • Classificaton Date - 10/20/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/20/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AIK-6F164
  • 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

    SOHA

    Lespedeza

    Sorghum halepense

    lespedeza

    Johnsongrass

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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

    2

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    114

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    90

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    AP1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37555
    AP2—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37556
    A1B—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay; 1 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine faint and 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine faint mottles; moderate medium angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37557
    C1—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior silty clay; moderate and strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots; 0.5 tubular pores; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37558
    C2—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots; 0.5 pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37559
    C3—84 to 124 centimeters (33.1 to 48.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silty clay; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint and 1 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37560
    Du1—124 to 147 centimeters (48.8 to 57.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) silty clay loam; 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine faint and 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37561
    Du2—147 to 190 centimeters (57.9 to 74.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay loam; 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine and medium faint and 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine and medium faint mottles; massive; friable; 3.0 pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37562
    Du3—190 to 231 centimeters (74.8 to 90.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine sandy loam; 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine and medium faint mottles; massive; very friable; 10 percent black stains; 3 percent mica flakes, unspecified; fragments. Lab sample # 40A37563