IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ashe
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977TN171004
  • User Pedon ID: S1977TN171004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1977TN171004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0147
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45156
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 3.2 miles S of Earnestville on U.S. Hwy. 23; 100 feet N of road at dump station
  • 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 #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ashe
  • 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: granite gniess
  • Landform: mountain slope
  • 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

    CARYA

    PIAL

    QUERC

    Carya

    Pinus albicaulis

    Quercus

    hybrid hickory

    whitebark pine

    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

    25

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium pores; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00768
    A2—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium pores; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00769
    B1—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine and medium pores; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00770
    B—23 to 71 centimeters (9.1 to 28.0 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 fine and medium pores; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter granite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P00771
    Cr—71 to 155 centimeters (28.0 to 61.0 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry; sandy loam; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green. Lab sample # 78P00772