IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Bluegrass
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
07KY113001
User Pedon ID:
07KY113001
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
UK
Lab Pedon # -
07KY-113-001
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
46387
Print Date:
11/12/2024
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:
37.9613342
Std. Longitude:
-84.5929184
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
in a pasture field, 800 feet southeast of farm house, 1,000 feet east of U.S. Hwy 68, 0.7 miles south of the intersection of KY Hwy. 1980 (Brannon Road) and U.S. Hwy 68, 5.75 miles northwest of Nicholasville, KY; Nicholasville, Kentucky USGS 7.5 minute topographic quadrangle.
Map Unit:
MlB—Maury silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesuBlmB—Bluegrass-Maury silt loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes
Country:
US—United States
State:
Kentucky
County:
KY113—Jessamine
MLRA:
121—Kentucky Bluegrass
MLRA Soil Survey Area:
18-4—Frankfort, Kentucky
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
KY624—Jessamine and Woodford Counties, Kentucky
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
37084-H5—Nicholasville, Kentucky
PEDON
Describers Name:
Steve Blanford, Bob Eigel
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Typic Paleudults
Current Taxon Kind:
taxadjunct
Pedon Type:
taxadjunct to the series
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Bluegrass
PSC -
23 to 73 cm.
Classificaton Date -
11/15/2011
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
tenth edition
Moisture Class -
udic
Moisture Subclass -
typic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Bluegrass
Classificaton Date -
7/17/2007
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
thin fine-silty loess over clayey residuum weathered from phosphatic limestone
Landscape:
karst upland
Landform:
ridge
Geomorphic Component Hills:
base slope
Hill Slope Profile:
footslope
Slope Complexity:
simple
Slope Shape Across:
linear
Slope Shape Down:
linear
Drainage Pattern:
dendritic
Runoff:
low
Drainage Class:
well
Flooding:
none flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Bedrock:
indurated slight weathered limestone, phosphatic
Geology:
Brannon Limestone member of the Lexington Limestone formation in the Ordovician group.
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
7/17/2007 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
grass/herbaceous cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
pastureland, tame
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Current Weather -
sunny
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
ochric epipedon
argillic horizon
lithologic discontinuity
0—23
23—218
74—
—23—
—195—
—-
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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307
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Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular parts to moderate fine granular structure; very friable; moderately rapid permeability; 4.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in push tube
Bt1—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately rapid permeability; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 20 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent spherical weakly coherent cemented 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0), moist, iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0273; moist when described; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 366782; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 366782
Bt2—46 to 74 centimeters (18.1 to 29.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately rapid permeability; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 40 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent spherical weakly coherent cemented 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0), moist, iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0274; moist when described; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 366783; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 366783
2Bt3—74 to 112 centimeters (29.1 to 44.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; moderate permeability; 60 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent medium prominent spherical weakly coherent cemented 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0), moist, manganese masses with sharp boundaries in cracks and 2 percent fine prominent spherical weakly coherent cemented 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0), moist, iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 366784; continuous - phpvsfiid 366784
2Bt4—112 to 157 centimeters (44.1 to 61.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; moderate permeability; 60 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent spherical weakly coherent cemented 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0), moist, iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium prominent spherical weakly coherent cemented 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0), moist, manganese masses with sharp boundaries between peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 366785; continuous - phpvsfiid 366785
2Bt5—157 to 218 centimeters (61.8 to 85.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; moderate permeability; 60 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent spherical weakly coherent cemented 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0), moist, manganese masses with sharp boundaries between peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat angular indurated 5-35-75 millimeter chert fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 366786; continuous - phpvsfiid 366786
2BC—218 to 244 centimeters (85.8 to 96.1 inches); variegated strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; 5 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium distinct irregular and 5 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine distinct irregular mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; moderately slow permeability; 60 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent coarse prominent spherical weakly coherent cemented manganese masses and 2 percent medium prominent spherical weakly coherent cemented 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0), moist, manganese masses with sharp boundaries between peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog.; moist when described; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 366787; continuous - phpvsfiid 366787