IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vertrees
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983KY099002
  • User Pedon ID: 1983KY099002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1983KY099002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0892
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53673
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Hart County, KY, approximately 6.5 miles east of Mundfordville, .8 mile north of Monroe, Kentucky; .5 mile west of KY 677 in pasture field on J. T. Mitchum Farm.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY099—Hart
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY099—Hart County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Carl Hail and John Robbins Jr.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed Typic Paleudalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vertrees
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed Typic Paleudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 56 to 104 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/24/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: limestone interbedded with siltstone and shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/24/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    DAGL

    FESTU

    Dactylis glomerata

    Festuca

    orchardgrass

    fescue

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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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    8

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium granular, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 7 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, cresol red; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt—13 to 56 centimeters (5.1 to 22.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromcresol purple; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P04565
    Bt2—56 to 104 centimeters (22.0 to 40.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) gravelly clay; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 21 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate very coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 75 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, bromcresol purple; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 83P04566
    Bt3—104 to 160 centimeters (40.9 to 63.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay; pale red (2.5YR 6/2) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) mottles; moderate coarse angular blocky parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 75 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, bromcresol purple; clear wavy boundary.
    Bt4—160 to 198 centimeters (63.0 to 78.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; moderate medium angular blocky parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 75 percent clay films; 2 percent by volume chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, bromcresol purple.