IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pope
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 07TN650939
  • User Pedon ID: 07TN650939
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 07TN650939
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 08N0189
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19687
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024
  • 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: 36.5802500
  • Std. Longitude: -84.6438333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Follow Highway 297 west from Oneida, TN approximate 10 miles until see signs to the Big South Fork National River and Recreational Area. Follow the signs to Station Camp. Upon crossing the park boundary travel approximately 2 miles and turn right onto Big Island Road. Travel approximately 2 miles until reach a gate. From gate follow the road to the the Big Island Loop Trail. Approximately 20 feet west of trail.
  • Map Unit: Ps—Pope-Skidmore complex, 0 to 4 percent slopes, frequently flooded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN151—Scott
  • MLRA: 125—Cumberland Plateau and Mountains
  • Regional Office: 18obsolete—Lexington, KY
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN650—Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Kentucky and Tennessee
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36084-E6—Barthell SW, Tennessee
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: David Moore, Jennifer Yaeger Mason
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Fluventic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pope
  • Classificaton Date - 9/10/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pope
  • Classificaton Date - 10/16/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from Pennsylvanian aged acid sandstone, siltstone, and shale.
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for very brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/16/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • 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 - 18
  • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A

    A

    Bw1

    Bw1

    Bw2

    Bw2

    Bw3

    Bw3

    Bw4

    Bw4

    Bw5

    Bw5

    Bw6

    Bw6

    0

    0

    8

    8

    31

    31

    58

    58

    94

    94

    135

    135

    152

    152

    8

    8

    31

    31

    58

    58

    94

    94

    135

    135

    152

    152

    188

    188

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    A

    A

    Bw1

    Bw1

    Bw2

    Bw2

    Bw3

    Bw3

    Bw4

    Bw4

    Bw5

    Bw5

    Bw6

    Bw6

    0

    0

    8

    8

    31

    31

    58

    58

    94

    94

    135

    135

    152

    152

    8

    8

    31

    31

    58

    58

    94

    94

    135

    135

    152

    152

    188

    188

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    A

    A

    Bw1

    Bw1

    Bw2

    Bw2

    Bw3

    Bw3

    Bw4

    Bw4

    Bw5

    Bw5

    Bw6

    Bw6

    0

    0

    8

    8

    31

    31

    58

    58

    94

    94

    135

    135

    152

    152

    8

    8

    31

    31

    58

    58

    94

    94

    135

    135

    152

    152

    188

    188

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACRU

    CORNU

    FAGUS

    ILOP

    POAC4

    ROMU

    SMILA2

    TRILL

    TSCA

    Acer rubrum

    Cornus

    Fagus

    Ilex opaca

    Polystichum acrostichoides

    Rosa multiflora

    Smilax

    Trillium

    Tsuga canadensis

    red maple

    dogwood

    beech

    American holly

    Christmas fern

    multiflora rose

    greenbrier

    trillium

    eastern hemlock

    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

    2

    259.4

    360

    406289

    Oneida, TN, United States

    AB-COOP-A-COOP

    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior fine sandy loam; 1 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine faint spherical mottles; weak medium granular structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; none odor; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N01246; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—8 to 31 centimeters (3.1 to 12.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 fine roots; fragments; none odor; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N01247; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—31 to 58 centimeters (12.2 to 22.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior loamy sand; 10 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) fine distinct spherical and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct spherical mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; none odor; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 08N01248; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw3—58 to 94 centimeters (22.8 to 37.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior sandy loam; 10 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) medium distinct spherical mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; none odor; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N01249; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw4—94 to 135 centimeters (37.0 to 53.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior fine sandy loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct spherical mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; none odor; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N01250; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw5—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior fine sandy loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct spherical mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; none odor; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 08N01251; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw6—152 to 188 centimeters (59.8 to 74.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior fine sandy loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct spherical mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; none odor; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 08N01252; moist when described; observed in pit, small