IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Caneycreek
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 05KY063004
  • User Pedon ID: 05KY063004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 05KY063004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 05KY-063-004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46358
  • 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: 38.1333333
  • Std. Longitude: -83.0953056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: In Elliott County on a strath terrace at the intersection of Kentucky Rt 32 and Kentucky Rt 7 at Newfoundland.
  • 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
  • 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: Alan Moore, Bob Eigel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, active, mesic Aquic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Caneycreek
  • PSC - 25 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Caneycreek
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy alluvium derived from sedimentary rock
  • Landform: strath terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for brief periods
  • Bedrock: indurated slight weathered sandstone, unspecified at 229cm with =>200
  • Geology: Corbin Sandstone member of the Lee formation in the Pennsylvania group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Vegplot Text Note(s): NASIS Site Name (MLRA06_Morgantown) was transferred over (MLRA12_Amherst) to align with the new USDA-NRCS SPSD Regional Office boundaries. The MLRA12-Amherst NASIS Site will eventually be renamed as the Northeast NASIS Site.

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - snow
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    DAGL

    LOAR10

    Dactylis glomerata

    Lolium arundinaceum

    orchardgrass

    tall fescue

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

    fragipan

    bedrock, lithic

    strongly coherent

    indurated

    66 - 160

    229 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—25

    25—160

    46—229

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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

    2

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    249

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    1087

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    157

    11.6

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    153391

    GRAYSON 3 SW

    COOP
    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular parts to moderate fine granular structure; very friable; moderately rapid permeability; low excavation difficulty; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0173; moist when described; observed in push tube
    Bt1—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) exterior loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent faint brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0174; moist when described; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 307773; patchy - phpvsfiid 307773
    Bt2—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) exterior loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; rapid permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent faint brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0175; moist when described; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 307774; patchy - phpvsfiid 307774
    Btx1—66 to 107 centimeters (26.0 to 42.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) exterior loam; strong very coarse prismatic structure; firm; slow permeability; high excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 10 percent faint very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 15 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 25 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0176; moist when described; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 307775; patchy - phpvsfiid 307775
    Btx2—107 to 160 centimeters (42.1 to 63.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) exterior loam; strong very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; very slow permeability; very high excavation difficulty; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 10 percent faint very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 20 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 30 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0177; moist when described; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 307777; patchy - phpvsfiid 307777
    BC—160 to 198 centimeters (63.0 to 78.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) exterior loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; moderate permeability; high excavation difficulty; 15 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 15 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0178; moist when described; observed in push tube
    C—198 to 229 centimeters (78.0 to 90.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior loam; massive; firm; moderate permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 20 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 7/4), moist, iron depletions and 20 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0179; moist when described; observed in push tube
    2R—229 centimeters (90.2 inches); bedrock; fragments, hellige-truog.; observed in push tube