IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Christian
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982KY003001
  • User Pedon ID: 1982KY003001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0686
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53473
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 36.8058319
  • Std. Longitude: -86.3072205
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Allen County, KY; 7.5 mi NW of Scottsville, US 231: W of US 231 about 500 feet and 1000 feet S of Mt. Union Church.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY003—Allen

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John M. Robbins, Jr., and H. H. Bailey, et al
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Christian
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/2013
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fredrick
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; moderate medium granular, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03369. many fine roots
    Bt—14 to 27 centimeters (5.5 to 10.6 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; , moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03370. few fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169925; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169925
    Bt2—27 to 57 centimeters (10.6 to 22.4 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 medium roots; 2.5 interstitial pores; , moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03371. few medium roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169926; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169926
    Bt3—57 to 82 centimeters (22.4 to 32.3 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior clay; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; , moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03372. 3% chert fragments.; few fine roots; common medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169927; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169927
    Bt32—82 to 107 centimeters (32.3 to 42.1 inches); clay; fragments. Lab sample # 83P03373. Horizno split for sampling.
    Bt4—107 to 132 centimeters (42.1 to 52.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior and pale red (2.5YR 7/2) interior clay; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky, and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; , moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03374. Fourth moist color (5Y 7/1). 10% chert fragments.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169928; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169928
    Bt4—132 to 154 centimeters (52.0 to 60.6 inches); clay; fragments. Lab sample # 83P03375. Horizon split for sampling.
    1BC—154 to 192 centimeters (60.6 to 75.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior and light gray (10YR 7/1) interior and red (2.5YR 4/6) interior silty clay loam; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 83P03376. 2% chert fragments.