Soil Data Explorer - TELLICO

Official Series Description

Lab Data Summary

Aggregate lab data for the TELLICO soil series. This aggregation is based on all pedons with a current taxon name of TELLICO, and applied along 1-cm thick depth slices. Solid lines are the slice-wise median, bounded on either side by the interval defined by the slice-wise 5th and 95th percentiles. The median is the value that splits the data in half. Five percent of the data are less than the 5th percentile, and five percent of the data are greater than the 95th percentile. Values along the right hand side y-axis describe the proportion of pedon data that contribute to aggregate values at this depth. For example, a value of "90%" at 25cm means that 90% of the pedons correlated to TELLICO were used in the calculation. Source: KSSL snapshot (updated 2020-03-18). Methods used to assemble the KSSL snapshot used by SoilWeb / SDE

Pedons used in the lab summary:

MLRA	Lab ID	Pedon ID	Taxonname	CI	NSSL / NASIS Reports	Link To SoilWeb GMap
128	40A5025	S1958TN105003	Tellico	5	Primary | Supplementary | Taxonomy | Pedon | Water Retention | Correlation | Andic Soil Properties	35.7036095,-84.180275

Water Balance

Monthly water balance estimated using a leaky-bucket style model for the TELLICO soil series. Monthly precipitation (PPT) and potential evapotranspiration (PET) have been estimated from the 50th percentile of gridded values (PRISM 1981-2010) overlapping with the extent of SSURGO map units containing each series as a major component. Monthly PET values were estimated using the method of Thornthwaite (1948). These (and other) climatic parameters are calculated with each SSURGO refresh and provided by the fetchOSD function of the soilDB package. Representative water storage values (“AWC” in the figures) were derived from SSURGO by taking the 50th percentile of profile-total water storage (sum[awc_r * horizon thickness]) for each soil series. Note that this representation of “water storage” is based on the average ability of most plants to extract soil water between 15 bar (“permanent wilting point”) and 1/3 bar (“field capacity”) matric potential. Soil moisture state can be roughly interpreted as “dry” when storage is depleted, “moist” when storage is between 0mm and AWC, and “wet” when there is a surplus. Clearly there are a lot of assumptions baked into this kind of monthly water balance. This is still a work in progress.

Sibling Summary

Siblings are those soil series that occur together in map units, in this case with the TELLICO series. Sketches are arranged according to their subgroup-level taxonomic structure. Source: SSURGO snapshot (updated 2024-02-21), parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-06) and snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the TELLICO series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data (updated 2023-10-09).

Geomorphic description summaries for the TELLICO series and siblings. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of proportions and relative hydrologic position within an idealized landform (e.g. top to bottom). Most soil series (SSURGO components) are associated with a hillslope position and one or more landform-specific positions: hills, mountain slopes, terraces, and/or flats. Proportions can be interpreted as an aggregate representation of geomorphic membership. The values printed to the left (number of component records) and right (Shannon entropy) of stacked bars can be used to judge the reliability of trends. Small Shannon entropy values suggest relatively consistent geomorphic association, while larger values suggest lack thereof. Source: SSURGO component records (updated 2023-10-04).

There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

Competing Series

Soil series competing with TELLICO share the same family level classification in Soil Taxonomy. Source: parsed OSD records (updated 2023-10-06) and snapshot of the SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Select annual climate data summaries for the TELLICO series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of median values. Source: SSURGO map unit geometry and 1981-2010, 800m PRISM data (updated 2023-10-09).

Geomorphic description summaries for the TELLICO series and competing. Series are sorted according to hierarchical clustering of proportions and relative hydrologic position within an idealized landform (e.g. top to bottom). Proportions can be interpreted as an aggregate representation of geomorphic membership. Most soil series (SSURGO components) are associated with a hillslope position and one or more landform-specific positions: hills, mountain slopes, terraces, and/or flats. The values printed to the left (number of component records) and right (Shannon entropy) of stacked bars can be used to judge the reliability of trends. Shannon entropy values close to 0 represent soil series with relatively consistent geomorphic association, while values close to 1 suggest lack thereof. Source: SSURGO component records (updated 2023-10-04).

There are insufficient data to create the 2D hillslope position figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D mountains figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D terrace figure.

There are insufficient data to create the 3D flats position figure.

Soil series sharing subgroup-level classification with TELLICO, arranged according to family differentiae. Hovering over a series name will print full classification and a small sketch from the OSD. Source: snapshot of SC database (updated 2023-10-02).

Block Diagrams

Click a link below to display the diagram. Note that these diagrams may be from multiple survey areas.

1. TN-2010-11-02-19 | McMinn County - 2004

   Relationship of soils and parent material in the Tellico-Red Hills-Nonaburg and Lostcove-Unicoi-Cataska general soil map units (Soil Survey of McMinn County, Tennessee; 2004).

2. TN-2012-03-19-17 | Loudon County - June 1961

   Diagram showing distribution and pattern of soils in area 5 (Soil Survey of Loudon County, TN; 1961).

3. TN-2012-03-19-26 | McMinn County - 2004

   Relationship of soils and parent material in the Tellico-Red Hills-Nonaburg and Lostcove-Unicoi-Cataska general soil map units (Soil Survey of McMinn County, TN; 2004).

Map Units

Map units containing TELLICO as a major component. Limited to 250 records.

Map Unit Name	Symbol	Map Unit Area (ac)	Map Unit Key	National Map Unit Symbol	Soil Survey Area	Publication Date	Map Scale
Tellico clay loam, severely eroded, steep	Tg	2000	329223	c1l3	al049	1953	1:20000
Tellico loam, steep	Th	2000	329224	c1l4	al049	1953	1:20000
Tellico clay loam, severely eroded, hilly	Tf	2000	329222	c1l2	al049	1953	1:20000
Tellico clay loam, eroded, rolling	Te	1000	329221	c1l1	al049	1953	1:20000
Armuchee-Tellico silty clay loams, eroded, hilly phases	ATh	374	522818	kk13	al071	1943	1:24000
Tellico clay loam, eroded, rolling phase	Tln	293	522965	kk5v	al071	1943	1:24000
Armuchee-Tellico silty clay loams, severely eroded, hilly phases	ATr	228	522819	kk14	al071	1943	1:24000
Tellico clay loam, severely eroded, rolling phase	Tld	150	522964	kk5t	al071	1943	1:24000
Tellico and upshur soils, steep	TbF	4441	330753	c35g	al095	1956	1:20000
Tellico and upshur soils, eroded, moderately steep	TbE2	555	330752	c35f	al095	1956	1:20000
Tellico and upshur soils, eroded, strongly sloping	TbD2	333	330751	c35d	al095	1956	1:20000
Tellico silty clay loam, severely eroded hilly phase	Tm	425	526990	kpcp	tn011	1951	1:20000
Tellico fine sandy loam, eroded rolling phase	Tg	279	526987	kpcl	tn011	1951	1:20000
Tellico clay loam, severely eroded steep phase	Te	279	526985	kpcj	tn011	1951	1:20000
Tellico silt loam, eroded rolling phase	Tl	262	526989	kpcn	tn011	1951	1:20000
Tellico clay loam, severely eroded hilly phase	Td	258	526984	kpch	tn011	1951	1:20000
Tellico fine sandy loam, steep phase	Tk	219	526992	kpcr	tn011	1951	1:20000
Tellico fine sandy loam, eroded steep phase	Th	189	526988	kpcm	tn011	1951	1:20000
Tellico fine sandy loam, eroded, hilly	Tf	119	526986	kpck	tn011	1951	1:20000
Tellico loam, eroded sloping phase	TlC2	1282	526014	knc6	tn105	1958	1:15840
Tellico clay loam, severely eroded very steep phase	TgF3	803	526013	knc5	tn105	1958	1:15840
Tellico loam, eroded moderately steep phase	TlD2	711	526015	knc7	tn105	1958	1:15840
Tellico clay loam, severely eroded moderately steep phase	TgD3	680	526011	knc3	tn105	1958	1:15840
Tellico clay loam, severely eroded steep phase	TgE3	674	526012	knc4	tn105	1958	1:15840
Tellico loam, eroded steep phase	TlE2	488	526016	knc8	tn105	1958	1:15840
Tellico clay loam, severely eroded sloping phase	TgC3	347	526010	knc2	tn105	1958	1:15840
Tellico loam, very steep phase	TlF	235	526017	knc9	tn105	1958	1:15840
Tellico-Red Hills complex, 25 to 65 percent slopes, rocky	ThF	5439	526187	knjs	tn107	1999	1:24000
Tellico-Steekee complex, 12 to 25 percent slopes	TkD	3846	526186	knjr	tn107	1999	1:24000
Tellico loam, 5 to 12 percent slopes	TeC	3297	526185	knjq	tn107	1999	1:24000
Tellico loam, 5 to 35 percent slopes, gullied	TeE3	1134	526146	knhg	tn107	1999	1:24000
Tellico loam, 35 to 60 percent slopes	TeF	15759	527948	kqcl	tn123	1974	1:20000
Tellico clay loam, 20 to 35 percent slopes, severely eroded	ToE3	4258	527950	kqcn	tn123	1974	1:20000
Tellico clay loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, severely eroded	ToD3	4010	527949	kqcm	tn123	1974	1:20000
Tellico loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes	TeD	3544	527946	kqcj	tn123	1974	1:20000
Tellico loam, 20 to 35 percent slopes	TeE	2372	527947	kqck	tn123	1974	1:20000
Tellico and Dewey soils, gullied	TS	1927	527951	kqcp	tn123	1974	1:20000
Tellico loam, eroded sloping phase	Tn	3461	1899571	21rnh	tn609	1955	1:20000
Tellico loam, eroded steep phase	Tr	2646	1899574	21rnl	tn609	1955	1:20000
Tellico clay loam, severely eroded moderately steep phase	Tl	1923	1899569	21rnf	tn609	1955	1:20000
Tellico loam, eroded moderately steep phase	To	1686	1899572	21rnj	tn609	1955	1:20000
Tellico clay loam, severely eroded steep phase	Tm	1433	1899570	21rng	tn609	1955	1:20000
Tellico loam, very steep phase	Ts	1377	1899575	21rnm	tn609	1955	1:20000
Tellico loam, steep phase	Tp	1262	1899573	21rnk	tn609	1955	1:20000

Map of Series Extent

Approximate geographic distribution of the TELLICO soil series. To learn more about how this distribution was mapped, or to compare this soil series extent to others, use the Series Extent Explorer (SEE) application. Source: generalization of SSURGO geometry (updated 2023-10-04).