IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Unaka
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977TN171002
  • User Pedon ID: S1977TN171002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1977TN171002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0145
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45154
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Near top of Divide Mountain 200 yards N of field on abandoned road
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN171—Unicoi
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN171—Unicoi County, Tennessee

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. McCowan and Joe Elder
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unaka
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: granite
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1977 (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

    AESCU

    BEAL2

    FAGUS

    PIAL

    PRSE2

    QUERC

    TSUGA

    Aesculus

    Betula alleghaniensis

    Fagus

    Pinus albicaulis

    Prunus serotina

    Quercus

    Tsuga

    buckeye

    yellow birch

    beech

    whitebark pine

    black cherry

    oak

    hemlock

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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

    25

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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dry; loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 3 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, bromcresol purple; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00759
    A12—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3), dry; loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; 3 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, bromcresol purple; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00760
    B1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; 3 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, bromcresol purple; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00761
    B2—30 to 61 centimeters (11.8 to 24.0 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 3 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, bromcresol purple; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00762
    Cr—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); sandy loam; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, bromcresol purple. Lab sample # 78P00763
    R—81 centimeters (31.9 inches); fragments, bromcresol purple.