IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Newark
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987KY045003
  • User Pedon ID: 1987KY045003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0708
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60003
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 37.2412262
  • Std. Longitude: -84.7253571
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Casey County, KY: .8 mi N of intersection of KY HWY 635 & 70, 200 feet N of Ford across Russell Creek 75 yards E of Rd
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY045—Casey
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. S. Evans, O. J Whitaker, J. P. Fehr
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, nonacid Aeric Fluvaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Newark
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed, nonacid Aeric Fluvaquents
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • 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 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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

    cambic horizon

    0—10

    25—43

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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

    1

    —

    —

    260

    —

    112

    —

    —

    13

    23

    1

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior very gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03807. common fine roots throughout
    B w—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior extremely gravelly silt loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03809. common fine roots throughout; few fine distinct 10YR62 mottles
    Bg1—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior extremely gravelly sandy clay loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03810. few fine roots throughout; common fine distinct 10YR56 mottles
    B g2—58 to 78 centimeters (22.8 to 30.7 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior extremely gravelly sandy clay loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03811. few fine roots throughout; common fine distinct 10YR56 mottles
    Cg1—78 to 109 centimeters (30.7 to 42.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior extremely gravelly silt loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; fine single grain; fragments. Lab sample # 87P03812. Organic coatings on upper surfaces of rock fragments at contact with Bg2 horizon probably due to water table fluctuation.; common fine distinct 10YR56 mottles
    Cg2—109 to 163 centimeters (42.9 to 64.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior silt; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; single grain; fragments. Lab sample # 87P03813. common fine distinct 10YR56 mottles