IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Salacoa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2016TN001040
  • User Pedon ID: S2016TN001040
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 17N0506
  • User Project ID: ORNL_007_NEON
  • Project Name: Oak Ridge
  • Print Date: 4/22/2026

    • 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: 35.9755734
  • Std. Longitude: -84.3036560
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: SfD—Salacoa silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN001—Anderson
  • MLRA: 128—Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys
  • Regional Office: 6—Morgantown, WV
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-CLI—Clinton, Tennessee
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN145—Roane County, Tennessee

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: David Moore
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, thermic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, brief description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Salacoa
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, active, thermic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/16/2016
  • Classifier - David Moore
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Forest Overstory Veg. Type - tree
  • Forest Understory Veg. Type - tree
  • Forest Groundcover Veg. Type Dominant - perennial forbs or herbaceous
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy colluvium derived from sandstone and shale
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Pattern: dendritic
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • Plot #: 40
  • RaCA Information:
  • RaCA Site ID - ORNL_040
  • DSP Plot ID - SW
  • Plot Baseline Azimuth - 50
  • Plot Baseline Length - 5
  • Plot Width - 40
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - center of pit
  • Plot or Site Recorder - David Moore

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/16/2016 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: David Moore
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 32
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion sheet
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—15

    15—100

    15—15—15

    85—85—85
    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

    15

    —

    —

    274

    —

    189

    1524

    —

    217

    12

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    407834

    Rockwood 2

    A CCOP-A COOP
    A—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) broken face gravelly loam; weak medium granular structure; soft, nonsticky, nonplastic; many (12.0) very fine roots throughout and few (0.5) medium roots throughout and few (4.0) fine roots throughout; 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by displacement method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 20-40-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by displacement method and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-15-20 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by displacement method; 16 - 16 - 34 percent of the total horizon; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N02612; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small
    BA—7 to 15 centimeters (2.8 to 5.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (0.5) very fine roots throughout and few (0.5) fine roots throughout; 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by displacement method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 20-40-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by displacement method and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-15-20 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by displacement method; 16 - 16 - 34 percent of the total horizon; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N02613; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (0.5) very fine roots throughout; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by displacement method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 20-40-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by displacement method and 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 5-15-20 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by displacement method; 16 - 30 - 34 percent of the total horizon; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N02614; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bt2—36 to 60 centimeters (14.2 to 23.6 inches); channery clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, nonsticky, nonplastic; 35 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume flat subangular moderately coherent cemented 2-75-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments observed by displacement method; 16 - 20 - 34 percent of the total horizon; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N02615; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small
    2Bt3—60 to 100 centimeters (23.6 to 39.4 inches); gravelly clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, nonsticky, nonplastic; 40 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; 16 - 20 - 34 percent of the total horizon; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 17N02616; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small