IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Caneycreek
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 05KY063 Caneycreek-OSD
  • User Pedon ID: 05KY063 Caneycreek-OSD
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 05KY063 Caneycreek-OSD
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 05KY-063-001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46357
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 38.1726379
  • Std. Longitude: -83.0753326
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: In Elliott County along KY Rt. 649, 1660 feet southwest of Ibex. 130 feet West of KY Rt. 649 in a wooded area owned by the U.S. Department of the Army Corps of Engineers.
  • Map Unit: CaB—Caneycreek silt loam, 0 to 6 percent slopes, ponded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY063—Elliott
  • MLRA: 124—Western Allegheny Plateau
  • Regional Office: 6—Morgantown, WV
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 13-2—Huntington, West Virginia
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY063—Elliott County, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38083-B1—Bruin, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steve Jacobs, Alan Moore
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, mesic Aquic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Caneycreek (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 28 to 51 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Caneycreek
  • Classificaton Date - 10/19/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy alluvium derived from sedimentary rock
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: strath terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for brief periods
  • Bedrock: indurated slight weathered sandstone, unspecified at 153cm with =>200
  • Geology: Corbin Sandstone member of the Lee formation in the Pennsylvania group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/19/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ILOP

    LITU

    PIVI2

    ULMUS

    Ilex opaca

    Liriodendron tulipifera

    Pinus virginiana

    Ulmus

    American holly

    tuliptree

    Virginia pine

    elm

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    bedrock, lithic

    strongly coherent

    indurated

    51 - 142

    153 - 178

    - 91 -

    - 25 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    fragipan

    lithic contact

    0—18

    28—142

    28—153

    51—142

    153—

    —18—

    —114—

    —125—

    —91—

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    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    4

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    245

    —

    1087

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    157

    11.6

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    —

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    153391

    GRAYSON 3 SW

    COOP
    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    A—2 to 18 centimeters (0.8 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; friable; moderate excavation difficulty; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0167; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    E—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) exterior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderate excavation difficulty; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 20 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0168; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) exterior silt loam; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm; moderate excavation difficulty; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent faint light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent medium prominent spherical indurated cemented very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries throughout and 45 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0169; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btgx1—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) exterior silt loam; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; high excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 5 percent faint light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium prominent spherical indurated cemented very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries throughout and 45 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0170; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Btgx2—81 to 142 centimeters (31.9 to 55.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) exterior silt loam; strong very coarse prismatic structure; extremely firm; very high excavation difficulty; 5 percent faint light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; and 10 percent medium prominent spherical indurated cemented very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries throughout and 40 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-3-5 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0171; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Cg—142 to 153 centimeters (55.9 to 60.2 inches); light gray (5Y 7/1) exterior silt loam; massive; very firm; moderate excavation difficulty; 15 percent coarse prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries throughout and 50 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout; ; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0172; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2R—153 to 178 centimeters (60.2 to 70.1 inches); bedrock; fragments.; observed in pit, small