IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tarklin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959KY009007
  • User Pedon ID: 1959KY009007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4906
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41595
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 36.8805542
  • Std. Longitude: -85.9552765
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 7 miles south of Glasgow, then 1.6 miles west on county Highway 332. Photo ALK-4Z-25.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY009—Barren
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY009—Barren County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. H. Zimmerman and James W. Dye
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tarklin
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/7/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: ALK-4Z-25
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37188
    A2—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak granular structure; friable; 21.0 very fine roots; 3 percent fine dark brown (10YR 3/3) dark concretions and 21 percent medium reddish brown (2.5YR 5/3) dark concretions; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37189
    B21—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 21.0 roots; 10 percent clay films; 1 percent fine brown (10YR 4/3) dark concretions; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37190
    B22—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; firm; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 pores; 10 percent clay films; brown (10YR 4/3) dark concretions; 21 percent fine worm casts; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37191
    B23—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 21.0 roots; 75 percent clay films; 21 percent medium and coarse brown (10YR 4/3) dark concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37192
    B31M—74 to 102 centimeters (29.1 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and massive; firm; 0.5 roots; 21 percent brown (10YR 4/3) dark concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37193
    B32M—102 to 114 centimeters (40.2 to 44.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; weak coarse platy, and massive; firm; 0.5 roots; medium reddish brown (2.5YR 5/3) dark concretions and medium dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) dark concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37194
    C—114 to 135 centimeters (44.9 to 53.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) silty clay loam; massive; firm; fragments. Lab sample # 40A37195