IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dickson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987KY045001
  • User Pedon ID: 1987KY045001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0706
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60001
  • Print Date: 1/31/2025

    • 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: 37.1876030
  • Std. Longitude: -84.9692230
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Casey County, KY: 50 yards W of Thomas Ridge Church 15 yards S of Cemetery; on W side of KY HWY 1813; 4.9 mi N of junction
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY045—Casey
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. S. Evans, J. Fehr, O. Whitaker
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Glossic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dickson
  • PSC - 23 to 54 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/2013
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dickson-Like
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous Typic Fragiudults
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1987 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—23

    23—200

    54—116

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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

    3

    —

    —

    —

    —

    45

    112

    —

    —

    13

    12

    1

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 very fine roots between peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03793. common very fine roots between peds
    Bt—23 to 54 centimeters (9.1 to 21.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03794. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots between peds; patchy - phpvsfiid 746712; patchy - phpvsfiid 746712
    Btx1—54 to 76 centimeters (21.3 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; 30 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium and 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium mottles; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate coarse platy, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; extremely firm*; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03795. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots between peds; many medium 10YR72 mottles; many medium 10YR52 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 746713; patchy - phpvsfiid 746713
    Btx2—76 to 116 centimeters (29.9 to 45.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; 30 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium and 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium mottles; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse platy structure; extremely firm*; 15 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese concretions; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 87P03796. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; many medium 10YR72 mottles; many medium 10YR52 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 746714; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 746714
    Btx-sat—90 to 110 centimeters (35.4 to 43.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; 11 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse platy, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely firm*; 0.5 very fine discontinuous tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 87P03801. Distinct horizontal layering, 1-2 cm thick; faces have distinct dark gray coatings (10YR 3/2 and 4/2).; few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common medium 10YR72 mottles
    Bt—116 to 183 centimeters (45.7 to 72.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior and dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior sandy clay loam, silty clay; 11 percent dark gray (N 4/0) and 11 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) mottles; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate coarse platy structure; firm; 55 percent prominent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 87P03797. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common N40 mottles; common 7.5YR66 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 746715; continuous - phpvsfiid 746715
    Btg—183 to 200 centimeters (72.0 to 78.7 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium and 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely firm*; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 87P03798. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common medium 10YR56 mottles; common medium 10YR62 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 746716; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 746716
    3Bt—200 to 225 centimeters (78.7 to 88.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) interior very gravelly silty clay loam; 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) prominent and 30 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; extremely firm*; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 87P03799. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; many medium prominent 2.5YR48 mottles; common prominent 10YR62 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 746717; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 746717