IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Standingstone
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S10TN18500101
  • User Pedon ID: 2010TN18500101S
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S10TN18500101
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 11N0016
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 43426
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 35.9238139
  • Std. Longitude: -85.4277222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About .5 miles north of Bear Cove Church
  • Map Unit: uBlhF—Standingstone-Hayter complex, 15 to 40 percent slopes, very rocky
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN185—White
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN604—White County Area and Van Buren County, Tennessee
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 35085-H4—Sparta, 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: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Standingstone (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 15 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 - 9/29/2010
  • 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: footslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • 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 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACRU

    ACSA3

    CAGL8

    Acer rubrum

    Acer saccharum

    Carya glabra

    red maple

    sugar maple

    pignut hickory

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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—8

    15—200

    33—200

    —8—

    —185—

    —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

    33

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    351

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    93

    1448

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    13.8

    23.4

    3.3

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    Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), dry; nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments.; observed in pit, small
    A—1 to 8 centimeters (0.4 to 3.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; loam; 16 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; somewhat hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 37 um/s with a std deviaton of 12; 8.0 fine roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 13 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00131; dry when described; observed in pit, small. Field Lab S-Si-Clay = 40-46-14
    BA—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; loam; 20 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; Ksat of 37 um/s with a std deviaton of 12; 8.0 fine roots; 6.0 fine pores; 10 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00132; dry when described; observed in pit, small. Field Lab S-Si-Clay = 46-42-12
    Bt1—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; gravelly loam; 26 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 437 um/s with a std deviaton of 14; 3.0 medium roots; 0.5 fine pores; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 18 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 11N00133; dry when described; observed in pit, small. Field Lab S-Si-Clay = 31-27-42; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 541395; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 541395
    2Bt2—33 to 68 centimeters (13.0 to 26.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; clay; 50 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 32 um/s with a std deviaton of 4; 0.5 medium pores; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00134; dry when described; observed in pit, small. Field Lab S-Si-Clay = 5-25-70; continuous - phpvsfiid 541396; continuous - phpvsfiid 541396
    2Bt3—68 to 107 centimeters (26.8 to 42.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; clay; 50 percent clay; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 medium roots; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00135; dry when described; observed in pit, small. Field Lab S-Si-Clay = 9-24-67; continuous - phpvsfiid 541397; continuous - phpvsfiid 541397
    2Bt4—107 to 139 centimeters (42.1 to 54.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; clay; 55 percent clay; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 medium roots; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00136; dry when described; observed in pit, small. Field Lab S-Si-Clay = 9-24-67; continuous - phpvsfiid 541398; continuous - phpvsfiid 541398
    2Bt5—139 to 160 centimeters (54.7 to 63.0 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; clay; 55 percent clay; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds; 2 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N00137; dry when described; observed in pit, small. Field Lab S-Si-Clay = 8-24-68; continuous - phpvsfiid 541399; continuous - phpvsfiid 541399
    2Bt6—160 to 200 centimeters (63.0 to 78.7 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; clay; 55 percent clay; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.3 medium roots between peds; 0.1 medium pores; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter. Lab sample # 11N00138; dry when described; observed in pit, small. Field Lab S-Si-Clay = 8-24-68; Field Lab CEC / Base Sat = 14 meq/100g and 100%BS; continuous - phpvsfiid 541400; continuous - phpvsfiid 541400