IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Christian
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1954KY001010
  • User Pedon ID: 1954KY001010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4855
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41544
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: At the junction of Kentucky Highways 61 and 1012 near Sparksville, Kentucky, photo number AIR-9H-13.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY001—Adair
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY001—Adair County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Christian
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1954
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1954 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AIR-9H-13
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36834
    A2—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A36835
    Bw1—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) silty clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36836
    Bw2—48 to 97 centimeters (18.9 to 38.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A36837
    Bw3—97 to 137 centimeters (38.2 to 53.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A36838
    C—137 to 0 centimeters (53.9 to 0.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and pale yellow (5Y 7/3) and pale yellow (5Y 7/4) clay; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A36839