LOCATION FULLERTON TN+AL GA
Established Series
Rev. NTH, JYM Rev/ MDJ
04/2013
FULLERTON SERIES
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Paleudults
TYPICAL PEDON: Fullerton gravelly silt loam - forested. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise indicated.)
A--0 to 5 cm (0 to 2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) gravelly silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; many fine and medium roots; 15 percent chert gravel; strongly acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (0 to 9 inches thick)
E--5 to 28 cm (2 to 11 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; many fine and medium roots; 15 percent chert gravel; very strongly acid; clear smooth boundary. (0 to 10 inches thick)
BE--28 to 38 cm (11 to 15 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly silt loam; few fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) variegations; moderate medium granular and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; many fine and medium roots; 20 percent chert gravel; very strongly acid; clear smooth boundary. (0 to 7 inches thick)
Bt1--38 to 48 cm (15 to 19 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) gravelly silty clay loam; few seams and pockets of strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly silt loam extending down from BE horizon; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; common fine and medium roots; few faint clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent chert gravel; very strongly acid; clear smooth boundary.
Bt2--48 to 76 cm (19 to 30 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) gravelly clay; moderate medium and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; common fine roots; common faint clay films on faces of peds; 25 percent chert gravel; very strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary.
Bt3--76 to 127 cm (30 to 50 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) gravelly clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; few fine roots; many distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 25 percent chert gravel; very strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary.
Bt4--127 to 152 cm (50 to 60 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) gravelly clay; few medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; many distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 30 percent chert gravel; very strongly acid; gradual smooth boundary.
Bt5--152 to 229 cm (60 to 90 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) gravelly clay; common medium and coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; common distinct clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent chert gravel; very strongly acid. (Combined thickness of the Bt horizon ranges from 50 to more than 75 inches.)
TYPE LOCATION:
County: Meigs
State: Tennessee
USGS Quadrangle: Decatur
Latitude (Decimal Degrees, NAD 83): 35.558094
Longitude (Decimal Degrees, NAD 83): -84.786497
Directions to the pedon: River Road, 4 miles north of Decatur, and 1.3 miles north of the intersection with Eaves Ferry Road. It is on a west-facing wooded slope, 150 feet east of a two-pronged chestnut oak tree that is 40 feet west of River Road.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to the top of the argillic horizon: 12 to 64 cm (5 to 25 inches)
Depth to the base of the argillic horizon: more than 152 cm (60 inches)
Solum Thickness: more than 152 cm (60 inches)
Depth to Bedrock: more than 152 cm (60 inches)
Depth Class: very deep
Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: more than 180 cm (6 feet).
Rock Fragment content: gravel and cobbles of chert range from 10 to 45 percent in individual horizons; the particle size control section averages between 15 and 35 percent; some pedons have more than 45 percent below 102 cm (40 inches)
Soil Reaction: very strongly acid or strongly acid, except where limed
Range of Individual Horizons:
A or Ap horizon:
Color -- hue of 7.5YR or 10YR (5YR in some severely eroded areas); value of 3 to 6 and chroma of 2 to 4
Texture (fine-earth fraction) -- silt loam, loam, or fine sandy loam; ranges to silty clay loam or clay loam in eroded areas
E horizon:
Color -- 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 5 or 6 and chroma of 2 to 4
Texture (fine-earth fraction) -- silt loam, loam, or fine sandy loam
BE or BA horizon, if present:
Color -- 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 4 to 6
Texture (fine-earth fraction) -- silt loam, loam, or fine sandy loam; the BA horizon ranges to include silty clay loam or clay loam
Bt horizon:
Color -- 2.5YR to 5YR (7.5 in the upper part), value of 4 or 5 and chroma of 4 to 8
Texture (fine-earth fraction) -- silty clay or clay; the upper part ranges to silty clay loam or clay loam
Mottles (if they occur) -- shades of brown, yellow, or red
COMPETING SERIES:
Dewey soils -- less than 15 percent rock fragments in the particle size control section
Henderson soils -- hue of 7.5YR or 10YR in the subsoil
Lugoff soils -- fragments of quartz in the argillic horizon
Marlboro soils -- lack chert fragments
Summerton soils -- lack chert fragments
Waynesboro soils -- 20 percent or more sand throughout the Bt; formed in old alluvium
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
MLRA(s) using this series: 128 (Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys), 129 (Sand Mountain), 122 (Highland Rim and Pennyroyal)
Landscape: river valleys
Landform: ridges
Geomorphic Component: crests, sideslopes, nose slopes, and base slopes
Hillslope Profile Position: summits, shoulders, and backslopes
Parent Material Origin: residuum; upper portion is sometimes colluvium or soil creep in steeper areas
Parent Material Kind: cherty limestone
Slope: 2 to 70 percent
Elevation: 60 to 550 meters
Frost-free period: 180 to 240 days
Mean Annual Air Temperature: 8 to 22 degrees C.
Mean Annual Precipitation: 1143 to 1580 millimeters
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
Bodine soils -- adjacent slopes; loamy-skeletal
Dewey soils -- adjacent slopes; less than 15 percent fragments
Dickson soils -- slightly lower lying, smoother or concave positions; have a fragipan
Minvale soils -- adjacent foot slopes and toe slopes; fine-loamy particle size class
Mountview soils -- similar positions; fine-silty particle-size class; less than 15 percent fragments
Pailo soils -- adjacent slopes; loamy-skeletal
DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Drainage Class (Agricultural): well drained
Index Surface Runoff: medium
Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity Class: moderate
Permeability Class (obsolete): moderate
Shrink-Swell Class: low
USE AND VEGETATION:
Major Uses: About 2/3 is cleared and used mainly for pasture
Dominant Vegetation:
Where cultivated -- pasture, hay, smaller areas of corn, cotton, small grains, and tobacco
Where wooded -- oak, hickory, elm, yellow poplar, dogwood, and beech
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Distribution: Southern Appalachian Ridges and Valleys in Alabama, northwest Georgia, and eastern Tennessee; Highland Rim and Pennyroyal in south-central Tennessee and Alabama
Extent: The series is of large extent
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Cherokee County, Alabama, 1924.
REMARKS:
Diagnostic horizons and soil characteristics recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon -- the zone from 0 to 28 cm (0 to 11 inches) (A and E horizons)
Argillic horizon -- the zone from 38 to 229 cm (15 to 90 inches) (Bt horizons)
Series control section -- the zone from 0 to 200 cm (0 to 79 inches)
This edit adopts the semitabular format, updates the typical pedon location, range in characteristics (BE and BA horizons), geographic setting, competing series (editorial change), and associated soils.
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.