IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Calloway
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959TN047005
  • User Pedon ID: S1959TN047005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959TN047005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4935
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41624
  • Print Date: 2/17/2026

    • 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: 35.0155563
  • Std. Longitude: -89.2744446
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 17 miles south of Somerville on Wolf River terrace about 2 miles southwest of LaGrange and 1 mile west of LaGrange-Michigan City Road and about 100 feet north of gravel road on Cowan Brothers Farm. Photo ADB-3F-96 (1950).
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN047—Fayette
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN047—Fayette County, Tennessee

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. K. Springer and E. C. Sease
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Calloway
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flat
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: ADB-3F-96
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    GOSSY

    Gossypium

    cotton

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    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
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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; 1 percent weakly coherent cemented dark brown (10YR 3/3) dark concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37359
    B21—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent weakly coherent cemented dark brown (10YR 3/3) dark concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37360
    B22g—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 3 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium faint and 3 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium faint and 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium faint mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 pores; 1 percent weakly coherent cemented brown (10YR 4/3) dark concretions and 1 percent noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37361
    B3g—41 to 48 centimeters (16.1 to 18.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium faint and 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium faint and 3 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium faint mottles; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 pores; 3 percent brown (10YR 4/3) dark concretions and 3 percent black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37362
    B31mg—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 vesicular pores; weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions and 3 percent noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) dark concretions and 21 percent noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) dark concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37363
    B32mg—66 to 94 centimeters (26.0 to 37.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay loam; weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A37364
    B33mg—94 to 132 centimeters (37.0 to 52.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; massive; slightly hard, very firm; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37365
    B34mg—132 to 147 centimeters (52.0 to 57.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay loam; massive; firm; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37366
    B35mg—147 to 175 centimeters (57.9 to 68.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) loam; massive; firm; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37367
    B3u—175 to 216 centimeters (68.9 to 85.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37368
    2CU—216 to 287 centimeters (85.0 to 113.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) sand; single grain; loose; fragments. Lab sample # 40A37369