IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Trappist
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987KY045006
  • User Pedon ID: 1987KY045006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0711
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60006
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 37.4749985
  • Std. Longitude: -84.9338913
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Casey County, KY: 1 mi W of Ellisburg; .3 mi N of KY HWY 78 on Farm Rd to top of ridge, 50 yards E of large
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY045—Casey
  • MLRA: 121—Kentucky Bluegrass

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. S. Evans and T. C. Fristoe
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Trappist
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 15 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • 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 - 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

    calcic horizon

    0—15

    15—64

    84—96

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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

    9

    —

    —

    313

    —

    315

    112

    —

    —

    13

    23

    1

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    —

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03832. many fine roots throughout
    Bt1—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); 10YR 6/ (10YR 6/), interior silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine continuous tubular pores; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03833. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169976; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169976
    Bt2—28 to 64 centimeters (11.0 to 25.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine distinct mottles; strong fine angular blocky, and strong fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03834. Gypsum is streaked on ped faces.; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; few fine distinct 10YR53 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169977; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169977
    1C—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); 40 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior and 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior and 30 percent gray (5Y 6/1) interior weathered bedrock; massive; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03835. Colors are varigated.
    Cr—84 to 96 centimeters (33.1 to 37.8 inches); black (5YR 2/1) interior weathered bedrock; massive; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03836
    R—96 to 124 centimeters (37.8 to 48.8 inches); black (5YR 2/1) interior unweathered bedrock; massive; fragments. Lab sample # 87P03837