IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Collins
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959TN047008
  • User Pedon ID: S1959TN047008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959TN047008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4939
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41628
  • Print Date: 4/21/2026

    • 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: 35.2227783
  • Std. Longitude: -89.3358307
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1 mile southeast of Somerville on Hickory Valley Road, 200 yards east of road and 150 yards south of creek on John Havercamp farm.
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN047—Fayette
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN047—Fayette County, Tennessee

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. C. Sease
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Collins
  • Classificaton Date - 11/9/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/9/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: ADB-3F150
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37399
    C11—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; moderate very fine platy structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37400
    Cu—43 to 46 centimeters (16.9 to 18.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37401
    C12g—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 21 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine faint and 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint and 21 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine faint mottles; moderate very fine platy structure; very friable; 0.5 roots; 0.5 pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37402
    C13g—71 to 76 centimeters (28.0 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) silt loam; 21 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine faint and 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint and 21 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine faint and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; massive; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37403
    C14g—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint and 21 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine faint and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint mottles; massive parts to weak fine granular; very friable; 0.5 pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37404
    C15g—99 to 127 centimeters (39.0 to 50.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint and 21 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine faint and 21 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine faint mottles; massive parts to weak fine granular; very friable; 0.5 pores; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37405
    C16g—127 to 142 centimeters (50.0 to 55.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint and 21 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine faint mottles; massive parts to weak fine granular; very friable; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37406
    A11b—142 to 147 centimeters (55.9 to 57.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 pores; 1 percent spherical black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37407
    A12b—147 to 157 centimeters (57.9 to 61.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) silt loam; massive, and weak fine granular; very friable; 21.0 pores; 1 percent fine weakly coherent cemented brown (10YR 4/3) dark concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37408
    B2gb—157 to 180 centimeters (61.8 to 70.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 21 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine faint and 21 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) fine faint mottles; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 pores; 1 percent spherical weakly coherent cemented dark concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37409
    B3mgb—180 to 211 centimeters (70.9 to 83.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; 21 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium faint and 21 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium faint and 21 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium faint mottles; weak fine angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 vesicular pores; 21 percent noncoherent cemented brown (10YR 4/3) dark concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 40A37410