IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pettyjon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 86TN163 Pettyjon-OSD
  • User Pedon ID: S86TN_163_026
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0143
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59439
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 36.4470282
  • Std. Longitude: -82.6212482
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Sullivan County, Tennessee. From intersection of Highway 93 and Murrill road, go 1625 feet north 23 degrees west.

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Hartgrove/Davis
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, thermic Dystric Fluventic Eutrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pettyjon
  • Classificaton Date - 6/2/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pettyjon
  • Classificaton Date - 10/30/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/30/2006 (entry creation 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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; moderate medium granular, and moderate fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    BA—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—33 to 76 centimeters (13.0 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 medium tubular and 6.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—76 to 111 centimeters (29.9 to 43.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    C1—111 to 144 centimeters (43.7 to 56.7 inches); fine sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    C2—144 to 162 centimeters (56.7 to 63.8 inches); fine sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter.; observed in pit, small