IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Christian
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1954KY001013
  • User Pedon ID: 1954KY001013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4858
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41547
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: One-half mile east of Moss Cemetery on Kentucky Highway 1012; photo AIR-9H-39.
  • 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 #: 13
  • 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-39
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A36851
    Bw1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A36852
    Bw2—28 to 84 centimeters (11.0 to 33.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A36853
    C—84 to 0 centimeters (33.1 to 0.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) and pale yellow (5Y 7/3) clay; moderate and strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A36854