IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Berks
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963TN129002
  • User Pedon ID: S1963TN129002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1963TN129002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4347
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40510
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Tower road in Morgan State Forest.
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN129—Morgan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN129—Morgan County, Tennessee

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. A. Elder & T. J. Longwell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Berks
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, active, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Classificaton Date - 11/19/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: sandstone and shale
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/19/1963 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree 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

    ACRU

    ADENO5

    CARYA

    NYSY

    QUAL

    QURU

    QUVE

    Acer rubrum

    Adenophyllum

    Carya

    Nyssa sylvatica

    Quercus alba

    Quercus rubra

    Quercus velutina

    red maple

    dogweed

    hybrid hickory

    blackgum

    white oak

    northern red oak

    black 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

    55

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    640

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    190

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    O2—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 40A33195
    A2—3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; 21.0 roots; 10 percent by volume 20-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A33196
    B2—11 to 23 centimeters (4.3 to 9.1 inches); gravelly silt loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; 21.0 fine roots; 10 percent thin clay films; 20 percent by volume 20-?-76 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A33197. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 279340; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 279340
    B3—23 to 74 centimeters (9.1 to 29.1 inches); very gravelly silt loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; 30.0 fine roots; 80 percent by volume 20-?-76 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A33198
    R—74 to 84 centimeters (29.1 to 33.1 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 40A33199