IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ditney
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977TN171003
  • User Pedon ID: S1977TN171003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1977TN171003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0146
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45155
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 1.5 miles N of Hwy. 19-W on Forest Service Road #199
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN171—Unicoi
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN171—Unicoi County, Tennessee

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. McCowan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ditney
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1977
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: arkose on feldspathic quartzite
  • Geomorphic Component Mountains: mountaintop
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1977 (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

    ACER

    PIAL

    QUPA5

    RHODO

    Acer

    Pinus albicaulis

    Quercus pagoda

    Rhododendron

    maple

    whitebark pine

    cherrybark oak

    rhododendron

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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

    30

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    O2—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); muck; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, bromcresol green. Lab sample # 78P00764
    A1—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 21.0 fine and medium pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, bromcresol green; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00765
    A2—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine and medium pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00766
    B2—18 to 66 centimeters (7.1 to 26.0 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P00767
    C—66 to 79 centimeters (26.0 to 31.1 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; loam; massive; friable; 36 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, bromcresol green.
    R—79 to 100 centimeters (31.1 to 39.4 inches); fragments.