IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Zanesville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980KY033002
  • User Pedon ID: 1980KY033002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0149
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48443
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • 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: 37.1166649
  • Std. Longitude: -87.8333359
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 3.2 km E SE on State Hwy 278 from intersection w/ State Hwy 91 in the SE part of Princeton 2 km N NE on unpaved Rd
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY033—Caldwell
  • MLRA: 120—Kentucky and Indiana Sandstone and Shale Hills and Valleys

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L.F. Ratliff
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed Glossaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Zanesville
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Glossaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    33—74

    91—112

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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
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    3

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent worm casts; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00755. many worm casts concentrations; common fine and medium roots
    A1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 30 percent worm casts; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00756. Worm casts partially filled with B2 material.; many worm casts concentrations; common fine and medium roots
    Bt1—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, dry; silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P00757. Crayfish burrows filled with grayish bown fine earth.; common fine and medium roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 1169919; patchy - phpvsfiid 1169919
    Bt2—46 to 74 centimeters (18.1 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior, dry; silty clay loam; 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine distinct and 1 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine distinct mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent fine iron concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00758. Mottles mostly in lower part.; few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few fine iron concretions concentrations; common fine and medium roots; few fine distinct 10YR51 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR61 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 1169920; patchy - phpvsfiid 1169920
    Bx1—74 to 91 centimeters (29.1 to 35.8 inches);, 60 percent pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) interior and 40 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior, dry; silt loam; weak medium and coarse platy structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent fine iron concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00759. Estimated 40 percent brittleness in brown parts.; few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few fine iron concretions concentrations; few fine and medium roots
    Bx2—91 to 112 centimeters (35.8 to 44.1 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; silty clay loam; moderate coarse platy structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent fine plinthite nodules; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P00760. Brown parts are brittle. Few roots in gray part.; few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few fine plinthite segregations concentrations; few fine roots
    R—112 to 113 centimeters (44.1 to 44.5 inches); weathered bedrock; fragments. Not sampled. Sandstone bedrock.