IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Standingstone
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S10TN14100201
  • User Pedon ID: 2010TN14100201S
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S10TN14100201
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N0015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43425
  • 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: 36.1109417
  • Std. Longitude: -85.4393778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Sample site on Overstreet Road
  • Map Unit: uBlhF2—Bledsoe-Hayter complex, 15 to 40 percent slopes, very rocky
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN141—Putnam
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN610—Putnam County and Parts of White County, Tennessee
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36085-A4—Dry Valley, Tennessee

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: 6-COO Staff
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy over clayey, siliceous over mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Standingstone
  • PSC - 30 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/13/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Standingstone
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/29/2010
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey colluvium derived from limestone and sandstone
  • Landscape: plateau
  • Landform: escarpment
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • 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: 9/29/2010 (entry creation 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    AESCU

    ARUND2

    CAGL8

    LITU

    Aesculus

    Arundinaria

    Carya glabra

    Liriodendron tulipifera

    buckeye

    cane

    pignut hickory

    tuliptree

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—10

    30—200

    38—200

    —10—

    —170—

    —172—
    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

    30

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    369

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    310

    1499

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    13.9

    23.4

    3.3

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; 21 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 48 um/s with a std deviaton of 3; 8.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 medium interstitial and 8.0 fine interstitial pores; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00123; observed in pit, small. Field Lab S-Si-Clay = 34-43-23
    BA—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; 23 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 48 um/s with a std deviaton of 3; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 0.8 fine interstitial and 0.8 coarse interstitial pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00124; observed in pit, small. Field Lab S-Si-Clay = 31-45-24
    Bt1—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; clay loam; 35 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, very sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 25 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00125; observed in pit, small. Field Lab S-Si-Clay = 16-49-35
    2Bt2—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), dry; clay; 60 percent clay; 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; strong fine angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 4 um/s with a std deviaton of 1; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 50 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00126; observed in pit, small. Field Lab S-Si-Clay = 14-28-58
    2Bt3—66 to 94 centimeters (26.0 to 37.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), dry; gravelly clay; 60 percent clay; 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; strong medium single grain; very hard, firm, very sticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 29 um/s with a std deviaton of 4; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine interstitial and 0.5 coarse interstitial pores; 50 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00127; observed in pit, small. Field Lab S-Si-Clay = 16-21-63
    2Bt4—94 to 122 centimeters (37.0 to 48.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), red (2.5YR 4/6), dry; gravelly clay; 60 percent clay; 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; strong medium single grain; very hard, firm, very sticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 29 um/s with a std deviaton of 4; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine interstitial and 0.5 coarse interstitial pores; 50 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00128; observed in pit, small. Field Lab S-Si-Clay = 16-21-63
    2Bt5—122 to 161 centimeters (48.0 to 63.4 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), dry; clay; 60 percent clay; 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 50 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; 93 Percent of Base Saturation; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter. Lab sample # 11N00129; observed in pit, small. Field Lab S-Si-Clay = 16-26-58
    2Bt6—161 to 200 centimeters (63.4 to 78.7 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6), dark red (2.5YR 3/6), dry; clay; 60 percent clay; 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine interstitial pores; 50 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; 93 Percent of Base Saturation; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter. Lab sample # 11N00130; observed in pit, small. Field Lab S-Si-Clay = 16-26-58