IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tunica
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961TN045011
  • User Pedon ID: S1961TN045011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5027
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41716
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: On Midway road 0.2 miles west of main levee - south by house site on field road 0.7 mile - 20 feet east of field road to sample site in soybean field.
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN045—Dyer
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN045—Dyer County, Tennessee

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. T. Brown
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tunica
  • Classificaton Date - 10/17/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Microfeature: gilgai
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/17/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: ADN-3R170
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37990
    AP—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A37999
    B2/C1—18 to 63 centimeters (7.1 to 24.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37991
    Du1—63 to 74 centimeters (24.8 to 29.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37992
    Du2—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37993
    Du3—97 to 102 centimeters (38.2 to 40.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37994
    Du4—102 to 140 centimeters (40.2 to 55.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37995
    Du5—140 to 183 centimeters (55.1 to 72.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine sand; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium faint mottles; single grain; loose; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37996
    Du6—183 to 218 centimeters (72.0 to 85.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; 21 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) coarse prominent and 21 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) coarse prominent mottles; massive; firm; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37997
    Du7—218 to 290 centimeters (85.8 to 114.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium faint mottles; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A37998