IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Whitley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 10KY628FSC006
  • User Pedon ID: 10KY125FSC006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 10KY628FSC006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 10KY-125-006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46432
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 37.0579987
  • Std. Longitude: -84.1865540
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Laurel County, Kentucky; Daniel Boone National Forest; Cold Hill Area; about 6.0 miles east of London, KY on KY Hwy 192; 0.9 miles north on West Line Creek Road; 850 feet west of West Line Creek Road.
  • Map Unit: WhB—Whitley silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY125—Laurel
  • MLRA: 125—Cumberland Plateau and Mountains
  • Regional Office: 18obsolete—Lexington, KY
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-LON—London, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY628—Laurel and Rockcastle Counties, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37084-B1—London, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Doug McIntosh
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Whitley
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/2/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from sandstone and siltstone
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: moderately coherent sandstone and siltstone at 140cm
  • Geology: Breathitt Formation formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Vegplot Text Note(s): NASIS Site Name (MLRA06_Morgantown) and NASIS Group Name (6-LON London, KY POINT) was transferred to (MLRA12_Amherst) and (NE-LON London, KY POINT) respectively 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: 7/2/2010 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - partly cloudy
  • Current Air Temp - 27
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACRU

    LITU

    QUERC

    Acer rubrum

    Liriodendron tulipifera

    Quercus

    red maple

    tuliptree

    oak

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—26

    26—127

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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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    Ap—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0476; observed in pit, small
    Oi—3 to 0 centimeters (1.2 to 0.0 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    E—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; on surfaces along pores and 10 percent distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0477; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 550649; patchy - phpvsfiid 550649
    Bt1—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 20 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0478; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 550651; continuous - phpvsfiid 550652; patchy - phpvsfiid 550651; continuous - phpvsfiid 550652
    Bt2—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 5 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 35 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0479; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 550653; continuous - phpvsfiid 550654; continuous - phpvsfiid 550653; continuous - phpvsfiid 550654
    2Bt3—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 40 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 40 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0480; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 550655; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 550655
    2Bt4—97 to 109 centimeters (38.2 to 42.9 inches); 50 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 30 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and 20 percent red (2.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 40 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0481; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 550656; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 550656
    2Bt5—109 to 124 centimeters (42.9 to 48.8 inches); 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 40 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 20 percent yellow (10YR 7/6) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume flat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-35-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0482; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 550657; patchy - phpvsfiid 550657
    2BC—124 to 140 centimeters (48.8 to 55.1 inches); 40 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 40 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 20 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely firm; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0483; observed in pit, small
    Cr—140 to 168 centimeters (55.1 to 66.1 inches); bedrock; fragments.; observed in pit, small