IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bloomingdale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 86TN163 Bloomingdale-OSD
  • User Pedon ID: 86TN163 Bloomingdale-OSD
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0144
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59440
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 36.5733333
  • Std. Longitude: -82.4350000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: on Highway 11W. From intersection of Ollis Bowers Hill Road, 3400 feet west and 125 feet north in field.
  • Map Unit: Bm—Bloomingdale silty clay loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN163—Sullivan
  • MLRA: 128—Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-CLI—Clinton, Tennessee
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN163—Sullivan County, Tennessee
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36082-E4—Indian Springs, Tennessee

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Nathan T. Hartgrove and Harry C. Davis
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, semiactive, nonacid, thermic Fluvaquentic Endoaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bloomingdale (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/12/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bloomingdale
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, nonacid, thermic Typic Haplaquepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1986
  • Classifier - Harry C. Davis
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey alluvium derived from limestone and shale
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods begining in nov
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    cambic horizon

    0—12

    12—43

    —12—

    —31—
    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

    1

    —

    —

    381

    —

    135

    1125

    —

    193

    14.3

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 1 percent irregular iron concretions and 25 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00824; moist when described;
    Bg—12 to 43 centimeters (4.7 to 16.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 25 percent irregular iron concretions and 25 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00825; moist when described;
    Cg1—43 to 63 centimeters (16.9 to 24.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay; structureless massive; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 25 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00826; moist when described;
    Cg2—63 to 94 centimeters (24.8 to 37.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay; structureless massive; friable; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent fine faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00827; moist when described;
    Cg3—94 to 152 centimeters (37.0 to 59.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay; structureless massive; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 15 percent coarse distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter. Lab sample # 87P00828, 87P00829; moist when described;