IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Saffell

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: LBL Saffell

User Pedon ID: S2007-TN-161-4

Vegetation Plot ID: LBL Saffell

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 07N0465

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19374

Print Date: 2/17/2025

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: 36.6379738

Std. Longitude: -88.0026932

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Land Between The Lakes

State: Tennessee

MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN161—Stewart County, Tennessee

PEDON

Describers Name: David Hargis, Charlie Davis

Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Typic Hapludults

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: representative pedon for component

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC

Pedon #: 4

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Saffell

Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Typic Hapludults

PSC - 30 to 80 cm.

Classificaton Date - 4/13/2007

Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture SUBClass - typic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: strongly weathered, gravelly fluviomarine deposits derived from cherty limestone

Landscape: fluviomarine terrace

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Hill Slope Profile: shoulder

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: convex

Runoff: high

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 4/13/2007 (actual site observation date)

Surface Water Kind: none observed

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Current Weather - partly cloudy

Current Air Temp - 15

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
ACSA3 CAOV2 JUVI LOJA QUAL QUAL	Acer saccharum Carya ovata Juniperus virginiana Lonicera japonica Quercus alba Quercus alba	sugar maple shagbark hickory eastern redcedar Japanese honeysuckle white oak white oak	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon argillic horizon	0—8 30—203	3—8—15 99—173—201

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
22	91	—	172	—	140	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly silt loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 7.0 fine roots throughout; ; 8 percent by volume nonflat rounded 20-45-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 12 percent by volume nonflat rounded 5-10-20 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N03052; moist when described; observed in pit, small

E—8 to 30 centimeters (3.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 medium roots throughout and 7.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 8 percent by volume nonflat rounded 20-40-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 12 percent by volume nonflat rounded 5-10-20 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N03053; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Bt1—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 medium roots around fragments and 3.0 fine roots around fragments; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume nonflat rounded 5-15-20 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat rounded 20-45-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N03054; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 397110; continuous - phpvsfiid 397110

Bt2—48 to 84 centimeters (18.9 to 33.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) extremely gravelly silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine roots around fragments; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded 75-120-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded 5-12-20 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 60 percent by volume nonflat rounded 20-45-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N03055; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 397111; continuous - phpvsfiid 397111

Bt3—84 to 117 centimeters (33.1 to 46.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) extremely gravelly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 fine high-continuity tubular pores; distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded 5-12-20 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded 75-130-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 65 percent by volume nonflat rounded 20-45-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N03056; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 397112; continuous - phpvsfiid 397112

BCt1—117 to 173 centimeters (46.1 to 68.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) extremely gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 20 percent faint clay bridges on rock fragments; 5 percent fine distinct irregular yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries around rock fragments; 3 percent by volume nonflat rounded 75-120-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded 5-12-20 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 70 percent by volume nonflat rounded 20-45-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N03057; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 397113; continuous - phpvsfiid 397114; continuous - phpvsfiid 397113; continuous - phpvsfiid 397114

BCt2—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) extremely gravelly clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 20 percent faint clay bridges on rock fragments; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded 5-12-20 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded 75-115-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 70 percent by volume nonflat rounded 20-45-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # 07N03058; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 397115; continuous - phpvsfiid 397116; continuous - phpvsfiid 397115; continuous - phpvsfiid 397116