IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Standingstone
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S10TN13300101
  • User Pedon ID: 2010TN13300101S
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N0014
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43424
  • 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: 36.4592806
  • Std. Longitude: -85.3839778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Located in Standing Stone State Park about 2.44 miles NW from Allons, TN
  • Map Unit: uBlhF2—Bledsoe-Hayter complex, 15 to 40 percent slopes, very rocky
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN133—Overton
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36085-D4—Hilham, Tennessee

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: 6-COO Staff
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy over clayey, siliceous over kaolinitic, semiactive, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Standingstone
  • PSC - 28 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/30/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Standingstone
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/20/2010
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from limestone and/or colluvium derived from sandstone
  • Landform: escarpment, plateau
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Monteagle Limestone formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/20/2010 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    1—15

    28—200

    38—200

    —14—

    —172—

    —167—
    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

    15

    —

    —

    382

    —

    342

    1499

    —

    —

    13.8

    23.4

    3.3

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter.; observed in pit, small
    A—1 to 5 centimeters (0.4 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; channery loam; 9 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 10.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 25 percent by volume flat angular indurated 2-50-100 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00116; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BA—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; channery loam; 15 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, nonsticky, nonplastic; low excavation difficulty; 10.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 25 percent by volume flat angular indurated 2-50-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00117; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BE—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; channery loam; 18 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; Ksat of 14.28 um/s; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 20 percent by volume flat angular indurated 2-50-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00118; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; high excavation difficulty; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume flat angular indurated 2-50-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00119; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 559573; patchy - phpvsfiid 559573
    2Bt2—38 to 86 centimeters (15.0 to 33.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; clay; 60 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; high excavation difficulty; 5.0 fine roots throughout; 50 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume flat angular weakly coherent cemented 2-50-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; extremely acid, pH 4.1, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00120; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 559574; continuous - phpvsfiid 559574
    2Bt3—86 to 120 centimeters (33.9 to 47.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8), yellowish red (5YR 5/8), dry; clay; 60 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; high excavation difficulty; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.1 fine roots throughout; 80 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume flat angular weakly coherent cemented 2-50-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00121; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 559575; continuous - phpvsfiid 559575
    2Bt3—120 to 164 centimeters (47.2 to 64.6 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8), yellowish red (5YR 5/8), dry; clay; 60 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 0.27 um/s; high excavation difficulty; 0.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.1 fine roots throughout; 80 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume flat angular weakly coherent cemented 2-50-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00122; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 559576; continuous - phpvsfiid 559576
    2Bt4—164 to 200 centimeters (64.6 to 78.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; clay; 60 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; high excavation difficulty; 25 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume flat angular weakly coherent cemented 2-50-150 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00139; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 559577; continuous - phpvsfiid 559577