IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Apison
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001TN143001
  • User Pedon ID: S2001TN143001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2001TN143001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0851
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14607
  • Print Date: 4/18/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 35.5716667
  • Std. Longitude: -84.8333359
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 37F—Apison-Sunlight-Salacoa complex, 25 to 65 percent slopes
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN143—Rhea
  • MLRA: 128—Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN143—Rhea County, Tennessee

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MKC, RLL
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Apison
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, thermic Typic Hapludults
  • PSC - 58 to 94 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/22/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: creep deposits over residuum weathered from shale
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: sandstone and siltstone
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/22/2001 (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

    QURU

    Carya

    Quercus rubra

    hybrid hickory

    northern red 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

    45

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    226

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A—3 to 16 centimeters (1.2 to 6.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; 21.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 10 percent by volume 2-?-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N04595
    Bt1—16 to 61 centimeters (6.3 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) channery silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 2-?-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N04596
    Bt2—61 to 97 centimeters (24.0 to 38.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) channery loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 35 percent by volume 2-?-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 01N04597
    Cr—97 to 97 centimeters (38.2 to 38.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) bedrock; fragments.