IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Minvale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2002TN121003
  • User Pedon ID: 02TN121003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2002TN121003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0449
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15266
  • Print Date: 5/9/2024

    • 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: 35.5934372
  • Std. Longitude: -84.7543716
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 4.5 miles north of Decatur on State Highway 58, 0.6 miles northeast on Herd Road, 1.5 miles north on Big Sewee Road, adjacent to Big Sewee Road on a west facing road cut.
  • Map Unit: MrC—Minvale cherty silt loam, 5 to 12 percent slopes
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN121—Meigs
  • MLRA: 128—Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN121—Meigs County, Tennessee
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 35084-E7—Decatur, Tennessee

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RLL, DAM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, subactive, thermic Typic Paleudults
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Minvale
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, subactive, thermic Typic Paleudults
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/30/2003
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium from cherty limestone and dolomite
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/30/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • 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

    PITA

    Pinus taeda

    loblolly pine

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

    fragic soil properties

    36—211

    102—170

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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

    10

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    271

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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments.
    Ap—3 to 23 centimeters (1.2 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02333
    AB—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N02334
    Bt1—36 to 64 centimeters (14.2 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N02335
    Bt2—64 to 102 centimeters (25.2 to 40.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N02336
    Btx1—102 to 135 centimeters (40.2 to 53.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) very gravelly silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent coarse prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3) iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N02337
    Btx2—135 to 170 centimeters (53.1 to 66.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) extremely gravelly clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions and 30 percent coarse prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3) iron depletions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N02338
    B't—170 to 211 centimeters (66.9 to 83.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) extremely gravelly loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # 02N02339