IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sequoia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965TN093002
  • User Pedon ID: S1965TN093002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1965TN093002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5454
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42699
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Forestry area University of Tennessee Plant Science Farm Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee. Samples taken in Chestnut orchard at site B4 of May and June 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 #: 2
  • 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

  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • 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

    7

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    76

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    160

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 21.0 pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40976. Moisture when sampled 9.0%. Clods and bulk sample taken.
    A2—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium and coarse granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 21.0 pores; 75 percent fine strongly coherent cemented iron-manganese concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A40977. Moisture when sampled 11.2%. Clods and bulk sample taken.
    B1—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 21.0 roots; clay films; 30 percent fine strongly coherent cemented iron-manganese concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40978. Moisture when sampled 14.8%. Clods and bulk sample taken.; patchy - phpvsfiid 326777; patchy - phpvsfiid 326777
    B21—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; weak prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 fine roots; thick clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40979. Moisture when sampled 30.2%. Clods and bulk sample taken.; continuous - phpvsfiid 326778; continuous - phpvsfiid 326778
    B22—58 to 69 centimeters (22.8 to 27.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; weak prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 pores; thin clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40980. Moisture when sampled 29.7%. Clods and bulk sample taken.; continuous - phpvsfiid 326779; continuous - phpvsfiid 326779
    B3—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay; coarse platy, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 fine roots; thick clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40981. Moisture when sampled 30.8%. Clods and bulk sample taken. Platy structure is due to the shale bedding.; patchy - phpvsfiid 326780; patchy - phpvsfiid 326780
    C—94 to 119 centimeters (37.0 to 46.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light gray (10YR 7/2) clay; coarse platy, and weak medium angular blocky structure; extremely firm; fragments. Lab sample # 40A40982. Moisture when sampled 44.1%. Clods and bulk sample taken. The original structure of the shale dominates.