IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sonora
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983KY099006
  • User Pedon ID: 1983KY099006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1983KY099006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0896
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53677
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Hart County, KY, approximately 11 miles northeast of Mundfordville, .3 mile south of Tampa Branch and 250 feet west of US-31-E in an orchard
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY099—Hart
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY099—Hart County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Glenn Kelley and John M. Robbins, Jr.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sonora
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/25/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: weakly consolidated sandstone and shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/25/1983 (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

    6

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromcresol purple; abrupt wavy boundary.
    BA—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silt loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromcresol purple; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt1—28 to 64 centimeters (11.0 to 25.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 30 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films; 1 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromcresol purple; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04573
    2Bt2—64 to 86 centimeters (25.2 to 33.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; reddish brown (5YR 4/3) clay films and 30 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, bromcresol purple; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04574
    2Bt3—86 to 130 centimeters (33.9 to 51.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay loam; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 21 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; strong coarse angular blocky, and strong coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, bromcresol purple; gradual wavy boundary.
    BC—130 to 157 centimeters (51.2 to 61.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and red (2.5YR 4/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; gradual irregular boundary.
    C—157 to 183 centimeters (61.8 to 72.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) loam; red (2.5YR 4/6) and 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; massive; firm; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter quartzite fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green.