LOCATION LINDELL TN+KYEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, thermic Fluvaquentic Eutrudepts
TYPICAL PEDON: Lindell silt loam, on level first bottom, in hay. (Colors are for moist soil).
Ap--0 to 7 inches; brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; common fine roots; few fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese concretions; slightly acid; clear smooth boundary. (5 to 10 inches thick)
Bw1--7 to 11 inches; brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular and subangular blocky structure; friable; common fine roots; few fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese concretions; slightly acid; clear smooth boundary.
Bw2--11 to 15 inches; brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; few fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese concretions; few medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses as iron accumulation; few medium faint brown (10YR 5/3) iron depletions; slightly acid; clear smooth boundary.
Bw3--15 to 26 inches; brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; few fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese concretions; common fine and medium faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses as iron accumulations; common fine and medium dark grayish brown (10YR 4/1) iron depletions; slightly acid; clear smooth boundary.
Bg1--26 to 34 inches; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; few fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese concretions; common medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses as iron accumulations; slightly acid; clear smooth boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bw horizon ranges from 15 to 45 inches)
Bg2--34 to 52 inches; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; common fine black (10YR 2/1) black manganese concretions; common fine and medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses as iron accumulations; common medium faint gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions; moderately acid; gradual smooth boundary. (0 to 22 inches thick)
Cg--52 to 62 inches; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; massive; friable; common fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese concretions; common fine and medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses as iron accumulations; common fine and medium faint gray (10YR 6/1) iron depletions; moderately acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Davidson County, Tennessee; 0.1 mile north of Cleeces Ferry; 50 feet east of Old Hickory Boulevard.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Depth to bedrock is greater than 5 feet. Reaction ranges from moderately acid through neutral in each horizon. Fragments range from 0 to 20 percent by volume in the A horizon, 0 to 15 percent in the B horizon, and 0 to 30 percent in the C horizon. Fragments are dominantly chert. The soil ranges from medium to high in phosphorous in each horizon.
The A and Ap horizon have hue of 10YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 or 5 and chroma of 2 to 4. Some pedons have an A horizon with hue of 10YR, value of 3 and chroma of 2 or 3 that is less than 7 inches thick. Texture of the fine earth fraction is commonly silt loam, but includes loam and silty clay loam.
The Bw horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 4 or 5 and chroma of 3 or 4. Few to common redoximorphic features with chroma 2 or less are within 24 inches of the soil surface. Texture is silt loam, silty clay loam, loam, or clay loam
The Bg horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 4 to 6 and chroma of 1 or 2. Common to many redoximorphic features are in shades of gray and brown. Some pedons are an evenly mottled pattern in these colors without a dominant color. Texture is silt loam, silty clay loam, loam or clay loam. Some pedons have buried A and B horizons.
The Cg horizon has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6 and chroma of 1 or 2. Common to many redoximorphic features are in shades of gray, black, and brown. Texture of the fine earth fraction is loam, silt loam, silty clay loam or clay loam.
COMPETING SERIES: Monacan is the only series in the same family. Monacan soils have less than 5 percent coarse fragments in the control section and typically have a higher sand content. Soils in closely related families are the Egam, Hamblen, Lindside, and Lynnville series. Egam soils have mollic epipedons and fine-textured control sections. Hamblen soils have siliceous mineralogy. Lindside soils have a mesic soil temperature and fine-silty control sections. Lynnville soils have mollic epipedons.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Lindell soils are on the flood plains of rivers, creeks, and smaller streams. Slopes are mainly less than 1 percent but range up to about 3 percent along narrow drainageways. Near the type location, mean annual temperature is 59.0 degrees F., and mean annual precipitation is 47.3 inches.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Egam, Arrington, Sullivan, and Nolin soils on flood plains. Arrington soils are well drained and have a thick mollic epipedon. Egam soils have a mollic epipedon and have fine texture. Sullivan soils are in similar positions on floodplains and are well drained. Nolin soils are fine-silty. The Armour soils, on adjacent or nearby terraces and footslopes, and the Mimosa, Stiversville, Hampshire, and Inman series are all on the uplands. Armour, Mimosa, Stiversville, Hampshire and Inman soils have argillic horizons.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Moderately well drained. Slow runoff. Moderate permeability.
USE AND VEGETATION: These soils are used for growing corn, soybeans, hay, and pasture. The native vegetation was mixed hardwoods.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: The Nashville Basin of Tennessee and adjacent areas of the Highland Rim in Tennessee and Kentucky. It is of moderate extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Morgantown, West Virginia
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Davidson County, Tennessee; 1977.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon - from 0 to 7 inches (Ap horizon)
Cambic horizon - from 7 to about 34 inches (Bw and Bg horizons)