IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sequoia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965TN093001
  • User Pedon ID: S1965TN093001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965TN093001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5453
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42698
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Forestry Area University of Tennessee Plant Science Farm Knox County Tennessee. Sampled in tulip (yellow) poplar orchard at site B5 of October 1964 percolation tests.
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN093—Knox
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN093—Knox County, Tennessee

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sequoia
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: shale
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1965 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    POA

    Poa

    bluegrass

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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

    3

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; moderate medium and coarse granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 21.0 pores; fragments. Lab sample # 40A40970. Moisture when sampled 15.4%. Clods and bulk samples taken.
    AB—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate medium granular, and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 21.0 pores; fragments. Lab sample # 40A40971. Moisture when sampled 14.6%. Clods and bulk samples taken.
    B21—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay; weak prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 pores; clay films; 10 percent worm casts; fragments. Lab sample # 40A40972. Moisture when sampled 23.5%. Clods and bulk samples taken.; continuous - phpvsfiid 326774; continuous - phpvsfiid 326774
    B22—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); variegated yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) clay; weak prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 pores; clay films; fragments. Lab sample # 40A40973. Moisture when sampled 29.7%. Clods and bulk samples taken.; continuous - phpvsfiid 326775; continuous - phpvsfiid 326775
    B3—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); variegated reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay; coarse platy, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 roots between peds; clay films; fragments. Lab sample # 40A40974. Moisture when sampled 34.6%. Clods and bulk samples taken. Platy structure due to original structure of shale.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 326776; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 326776
    C—89 to 119 centimeters (35.0 to 46.9 inches); variegated reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) clay; platy, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots in cracks; fragments. Lab sample # 40A40975. Moisture when sampled 32.1%. Clods and bulk samples taken. Platy structure is due to original bedding of shale.