IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Bluegrass
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
07KY239001
User Pedon ID:
07KY239001
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
UK
Lab Pedon # -
07KY-239-001
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
46386
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:
38.1021652
Std. Longitude:
-84.7542496
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
In a pasture field (pen #2) 500 feet east of the beef barn on the University of Kentucky Agricultural Research Farm (Pin Oak Farm); 0.4 miles east of U.S. highway 60; and 3 miles northwest of Versailles. Tyrone USGS 7.5 minute 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:
KY239—Woodford
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:
38084-A7—Tyrone, Kentucky
PEDON
Describers Name:
Steve Blanford, Bob Eigel
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
classifies to current taxon name, full description
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Bluegrass
PSC -
30 to 80 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 -
6/5/2007
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:
interfluve
Hill Slope Profile:
summit
Slope Position:
upper third
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:
Devil's Hollow member of the Lexington Limestone formation in the Ordovician group.
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
6/5/2007 (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—30
30—132
97—
—30—
—102—
—-
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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271.3
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Ap—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular parts to moderate fine granular structure; very friable; moderate permeability; 4.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in push tube
Bt1—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; moderate permeability; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 30 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0), moist, manganese masses with sharp boundaries between peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0283; moist when described; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 364136; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 364136
Bt2—53 to 97 centimeters (20.9 to 38.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; moderate permeability; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 40 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent medium prominent spherical moderately coherent cemented 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0), moist, iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries between peds and 5 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent 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; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0284; moist when described; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 364137; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 364137
2Bt3—97 to 132 centimeters (38.2 to 52.0 inches); variegated yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silty clay; 1 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) medium prominent irregular mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately slow permeability; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 60 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent medium prominent spherical moderately coherent cemented 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0), moist, iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries between peds and 5 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0), moist, manganese masses with sharp boundaries between peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 364138; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 364138
2BC—132 to 183 centimeters (52.0 to 72.0 inches); variegated strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay; 10 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) medium prominent irregular mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; moderately slow permeability; 10 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along pores; 5 percent fine prominent spherical moderately coherent cemented 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0), moist, iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries between peds and 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0), moist, manganese masses with sharp boundaries between peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 364139; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 364139
2C1—183 to 206 centimeters (72.0 to 81.1 inches); variegated strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay; 40 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) medium prominent irregular mottles; massive; very firm; moderately slow permeability; 5 percent fine prominent spherical moderately coherent cemented 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0), moist, iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries between peds and 5 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0), moist, manganese masses with sharp boundaries between peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in push tube
2C2—206 to 244 centimeters (81.1 to 96.1 inches); variegated yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay; 10 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) medium prominent irregular mottles; massive; very firm; moderately slow permeability; 15 percent medium prominent spherical moderately coherent cemented 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0), moist, iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries between peds and 15 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0), moist, manganese masses with sharp boundaries between peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog.; moist when described; observed in push tube