IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vertrees
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983KY099003
  • User Pedon ID: 1983KY099003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1983KY099003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0893
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53674
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Hart County, KY, approximately 8.5 miles east of Mundfordville, .9 mile past of US 31-E, and 300 feet east of Figett Bend Road
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY099—Hart
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY099—Hart County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Carl Hail and Arlin Barton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vertrees
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • 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: ridge upland
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • 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

    FESTU

    Festuca

    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

    7

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bt1—20 to 51 centimeters (7.9 to 20.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; clay films on surfaces along root channels and 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume angular 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, bromcresol green; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04567
    Bt2—51 to 94 centimeters (20.1 to 37.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) silty clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 12 percent by volume angular 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04568
    Bt3—94 to 127 centimeters (37.0 to 50.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) gravelly clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; gradual smooth boundary.
    Bt4—127 to 190 centimeters (50.0 to 74.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) gravelly clay; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume angular 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, bromcresol green.