IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Egam
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959TN071007
  • User Pedon ID: S1959TN071007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4964
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41653
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 35.0655556
  • Std. Longitude: -88.2752762
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2.3 miles west of Pickwick Dam, on Churchwell farm 50 yards north of farm road.
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN071—Hardin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN071—Hardin County, Tennessee

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. H. Proffitt, E. C. Sease and T. R. Love
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Egam
  • Classificaton Date - 10/21/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: flat
  • Microfeature: gilgai
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/21/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AIK-6F124
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37564
    A11b—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark gray (10YR 4/1) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior silty clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 3.0 pores; 10 percent clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37565. patchy - phpvsfiid 189393; patchy - phpvsfiid 189393
    A12b—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior silty clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots; 0.5 fine pores; clay films; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37566. patchy - phpvsfiid 189394; patchy - phpvsfiid 189394
    C1—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and dark gray (10YR 4/1) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots; 0.5 pores; clay films; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37567. patchy - phpvsfiid 189395; patchy - phpvsfiid 189395
    C2—79 to 107 centimeters (31.1 to 42.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots; 3.0 fine pores; coats and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37568. patchy - phpvsfiid 189396; patchy - phpvsfiid 189397; patchy - phpvsfiid 189396; patchy - phpvsfiid 189397
    C3—107 to 130 centimeters (42.1 to 51.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots; 3.0 fine pores; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37569. patchy - phpvsfiid 189398; patchy - phpvsfiid 189398
    C4—130 to 178 centimeters (51.2 to 70.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine faint and 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 40A37570. patchy - phpvsfiid 189399; patchy - phpvsfiid 189399
    C5—178 to 218 centimeters (70.1 to 85.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine faint and 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; massive; firm; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 40A37571
    C6—218 to 244 centimeters (85.8 to 96.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; massive; firm; fragments. Lab sample # 40A37572