IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Decatur
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968TN009001
  • User Pedon ID: S1968TN009001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4344
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40507
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 35.6666679
  • Std. Longitude: -83.9166641
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Blount County, TN; University of Tennessee, Blount Station
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN009—Blount
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN009—Blount County, Tennessee

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Joe Elder
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Decatur
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/5/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/5/1968 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A33175
    B1t—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; clay films; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1); fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A33176. patchy - phpvsfiid 202355; patchy - phpvsfiid 202355
    B21t—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; clay films; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1); fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A33177. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199800; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199800
    B22t—56 to 102 centimeters (22.0 to 40.2 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; clay films; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1); fragments. Lab sample # 40A33178. continuous - phpvsfiid 199801; continuous - phpvsfiid 199801
    B23t—102 to 178 centimeters (40.2 to 70.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; clay films; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1); fragments. Lab sample # 40A33179. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199802; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 199802