IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Salacoa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001TN143003
  • User Pedon ID: S2001TN143003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2001TN143003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0850
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14606
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 35.5708046
  • Std. Longitude: -84.8337784
  • 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: RLL, MCO
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, thermic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Salacoa
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, active, thermic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 5/31/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from shale and/or colluvium derived from sandstone and siltstone and/or residuum weathered from sandstone and siltstone and/or residuum weathered from shale
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/31/2001 (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

    QURU

    QUVE

    Quercus rubra

    Quercus velutina

    northern red oak

    black 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

    60

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    238

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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); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) channery silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 medium roots and 21.0 fine roots; 15 percent by volume 2-?-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N04591
    Bt1—16 to 53 centimeters (6.3 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 21.0 fine roots; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct clay films on rock fragments; 15 percent by volume 2-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-?-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N04592
    Bt2—53 to 92 centimeters (20.9 to 36.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) very gravelly silty clay loam; 21 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) medium prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent distinct clay films on rock fragments and 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 2-?-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N04593
    BC—92 to 160 centimeters (36.2 to 63.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) very gravelly loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 30 percent by volume 2-?-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-?-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N04594
    Cr—160 to 160 centimeters (63.0 to 63.0 inches); bedrock; fragments.