IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mountview
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987KY045005
  • User Pedon ID: 1987KY045005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0710
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60005
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 37.2766685
  • Std. Longitude: -84.9641647
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Casey County, KY: 5 yards N of Farm Rd, 500 yards W of HWY 127, 1/2 mi S of Pricetown and 3 mi SW of Liberty.
  • 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: Fine-silty, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Oxyaquic Paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mountview
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mountview
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, siliceous Typic Paleudults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: 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 - crop 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

    0—33

    33—188

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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

    4

    —

    —

    307

    —

    270

    112

    —

    —

    13

    23

    1

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    Ap—0 to 17 centimeters (0.0 to 6.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03824. common fine roots throughout
    A/B—17 to 33 centimeters (6.7 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03825. few fine roots throughout
    Bt1—33 to 55 centimeters (13.0 to 21.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03826. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 1169970; patchy - phpvsfiid 1169970
    Bt2—55 to 73 centimeters (21.7 to 28.7 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent prominent , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03827. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1169971; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1169971
    Bt3—73 to 92 centimeters (28.7 to 36.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior silty clay loam; 30 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03828. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; many medium distinct 10YR63 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169972; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169972
    Bt4—92 to 115 centimeters (36.2 to 45.3 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent yellow (10YR 7/6) medium distinct and 11 percent yellow (10YR 7/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 55 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03829. Morphology of mottles is streaks or vertical channels; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common medium distinct 10YR76 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR76 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169973; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169973
    Bt5—115 to 161 centimeters (45.3 to 63.4 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior silty clay; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium prominent and 11 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) medium distinct and 11 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) coarse distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03830. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common medium distinct 7.5YR66 mottles; common coarse distinct 7.5YR66 mottles; few medium prominent 10YR62 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169974; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169974
    Bt6—161 to 178 centimeters (63.4 to 70.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior clay; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent and 30 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4) medium prominent and 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium and coarse distinct mottles; moderate medium platy, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments. Lab sample # 87P03831. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; many medium prominent 7.5YR64 mottles; many medium and coarse distinct 10YR62 mottles; common medium prominent 7.5YR56 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169975; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169975