IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Belknap
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 07KY033001
  • User Pedon ID: 07KY033001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 07KY-033-001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46365
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • 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: 37.3139992
  • Std. Longitude: -87.8460007
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Tradewater River near Towery bridge
  • Map Unit: Fa—Falaya silt loam, frequently flooded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY033—Caldwell
  • MLRA: 120A—Kentucky and Indiana Sandstone and Shale Hills and Valleys, Southern Part
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-OWN—Owensboro, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY033—Caldwell County, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37087-C7—Dalton, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ken Scott
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Fluvaquentic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, brief description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Belknap
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/13/2014
  • Classifier - Matt McCauley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Steff
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Fluvaquentic Dystrudepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Classifier - Ken Scott
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods begining in dec
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/16/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    redox concentrations

    endosaturation

    0—18

    18—150

    18—221

    18—221

    56—221

    —18—

    —132—

    —203—

    —203—

    —165—
    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

    1

    —

    —

    112.2

    —

    350

    1307

    —

    191

    14.7

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    KY6580

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0191
    Bw—18 to 56 centimeters (7.1 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0192
    Bg1—56 to 102 centimeters (22.0 to 40.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0193
    Bg2—102 to 150 centimeters (40.2 to 59.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5 percent coarse prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0194
    Cg—150 to 221 centimeters (59.1 to 87.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; structureless massive; very friable; 5 percent medium prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium faint pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KY0195