IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shelocta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963TN129001
  • User Pedon ID: S1963TN129001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1963TN129001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4346
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40509
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Tower road in Morgan State Forest
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN129—Morgan
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN129—Morgan County, Tennessee

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. A. Elder and M. E. Springer
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelocta
  • Classificaton Date - 11/19/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/19/1963 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    CARYA

    CORNU

    QUAL

    QUFA

    QURU

    Carya

    Cornus

    Quercus alba

    Quercus falcata

    Quercus rubra

    hybrid hickory

    dogwood

    white oak

    southern red oak

    northern red oak

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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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    50

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    616

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    225

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    O2—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A33187
    A2—3 to 16 centimeters (1.2 to 6.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A33188
    A3—16 to 21 centimeters (6.3 to 8.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A33189
    B21t—21 to 46 centimeters (8.3 to 18.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A33190. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199487; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199487
    B22t—46 to 82 centimeters (18.1 to 32.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 30 percent clay films; 5 percent by volume unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A33191
    B23t—82 to 117 centimeters (32.3 to 46.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent clay films; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A33192. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199490; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199490
    B3—117 to 138 centimeters (46.1 to 54.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 25 percent by volume unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A33193
    C—138 to 155 centimeters (54.3 to 61.0 inches); friable; 60 percent by volume unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 40A33194