United States In cooperation with Department of Tennessee Agricultural Agriculture Experiment Station, Soil Survey of Hickman County Board of Natural Commissioners, and Hickman County, Resources Tennessee Department of Conservation Agriculture Service Tennessee How To Use This Soil Survey General Soil Map The general soil map, which is a color map, shows the survey area divided into groups of associated soils called general soil map units. This map is useful in planning the use and management of large areas. To find information about your area of interest, locate that area on the map, identify the name of the map unit in the area on the color-coded map legend, then refer to the section General Soil Map Units for a general description of the soils in your area. Detailed Soil Maps The detailed soil maps can be useful in planning the use and management of small areas. To find information about your area of interest, locate that area on the Index to Map Sheets. Note the number of the map sheet and go to that sheet. Locate your area of interest on the map sheet. Note the map unit symbols that are in that area. Go to the Contents, which lists the map units by symbol and name and shows the page where each map unit is described. The Contents shows which table has data on a specific land use for each detailed soil map unit. Also see the Contents for sections of this publication that may address your specific needs. iii This soil survey is a publication of the National Cooperative Soil Survey, a joint effort of the United States Department of Agriculture and other Federal agencies, State agencies including the Agricultural Experiment Stations, and local agencies. The Natural Resources Conservation Service (formerly the Soil Conservation Service) has leadership for the Federal part of the National Cooperative Soil Survey. Major fieldwork for this soil survey was completed in 1994. Soil names and descriptions were approved in 1996. Unless otherwise indicated, statements in this publication reflect conditions in the survey area in 1994. This survey was made cooperatively by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Tennessee Agricultural Experiment Station, the Hickman County Board of Commissioners, and the Tennessee Department of Agriculture. It is part of the technical assistance furnished to the Hickman County Soil Conservation District. Soil maps in this survey may be copied without permission. Enlargement of these maps, however, could cause misunderstanding of the detail of mapping. If enlarged, maps do not show the small areas of contrasting soils that could have been shown at a larger scale. 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Important agricultural soils are along the bends of the Duck River in Hickman County. Additional information about the Nation’s natural resources is available online from the Natural Resources Conservation Service at http://www.nrcs.usda.gov. iv Contents Cover .............................................................................................................................i How To Use This Soil Survey .................................................................................... iii Contents .......................................................................................................................v Foreword ..................................................................................................................... ix Introduction ................................................................................................................ 1 General Nature of the County .................................................................................. 1 How This Survey Was Made .................................................................................... 5 General Soil Map Units .............................................................................................. 7 Dominantly Sloping to Nearly Level Soils on Stream Terraces, Footslopes, and Flood Plains ............................................................................................................. 7 1. Pickwick-Armour-Arrington ................................................................................ 7 2. Humphreys-Riverby-Tarklin ............................................................................... 8 3. Pickwick .......................................................................................................... 10 Dominantly Steep to Gently Sloping Soils on Uplands ............................................... 10 4. Sengtown-Mountview-Dickson ........................................................................ 10 5. Sengtown .........................................................................................................11 6. Biffle-Sengtown ............................................................................................... 12 7. Biffle-Lax ......................................................................................................... 13 8. Saffell-Lax ....................................................................................................... 14 9. Biffle ................................................................................................................ 14 10. Dellrose-Gladdice-Hampshire ....................................................................... 15 Detailed Soil Map Units ............................................................................................ 17 AmB—Armour silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes ...................................................... 18 AmC—Armour silt loam, 5 to 12 percent slopes .................................................... 20 AmC3—Armour silty clay loam, 5 to 12 percent slopes, severely eroded .............. 22 An—Arrington silt loam, frequently flooded ............................................................ 24 BaF—Barfield-Rock outcrop complex, 20 to 70 percent slopes ............................ 26 BbC—Biffle gravelly silt loam, 5 to 15 percent slopes ............................................ 28 BbD—Biffle gravelly silt loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes .......................................... 30 BbF—Biffle gravelly silt loam, 30 to 60 percent slopes .......................................... 32 DeC2—Dellrose gravelly silt loam, 5 to 15 percent slopes, eroded ....................... 34 DeD2—Dellrose gravelly silt loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes, eroded ..................... 36 DkB—Dickson silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes ...................................................... 38 Eg—Egam silt loam, frequently flooded ................................................................. 40 GmC—Gladdice-Mimosa complex, 5 to 15 percent slopes, rocky ......................... 42 GmE—Gladdice-Mimosa complex, 15 to 40 percent slopes, very rocky ............... 44 Gu—Guthrie silt loam, ponded ............................................................................... 47 HaC2—Hampshire silt loam, 5 to 12 percent slopes, eroded ................................ 49 HaC3—Hampshire silty clay loam, 5 to 12 percent slopes, severely eroded ......... 50 HaD3—Hampshire silty clay loam, 12 to 25 percent slopes, severely eroded ....... 52 HgD—Hampshire-Gullied land complex, 12 to 30 percent slopes ......................... 55 HsF—Hawthorne-Sulphura association, steep ...................................................... 56 HuA—Humphreys gravelly silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded ............................................................................................................. 59 HuB—Humphreys gravelly silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes ................................... 60 v LaB—Lax silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes .............................................................. 62 LaC—Lax silt loam, 5 to 12 percent slopes ........................................................... 64 Ln—Lindside silt loam, frequently flooded ............................................................. 66 Lo—Lobelville silt loam, occasionally flooded ........................................................ 68 Me—Melvin silt loam, frequently flooded ............................................................... 70 MnD—Minvale gravelly silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes ..................................... 72 MsD3—Minvale silty clay loam, 12 to 30 percent slopes, severely eroded ............ 74 MtB—Mountview silt loam, 2 to 5 percent slopes .................................................. 75 Nr—Norene silt loam, ponded ................................................................................ 77 PaB—Paden