IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lenberg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990KY079001
  • User Pedon ID: 1990KY079001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1990KY079001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0668
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62601
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024
  • 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: 37.5452766
  • Std. Longitude: -84.4366684
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Paint Lick Quad; 10 miles SE of Lancaster; West side of Hamilton Valley Rd; 400 yards up knob
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY079—Garrard
  • MLRA: 121—Kentucky Bluegrass
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. Evans, T. Sobecki, W. Craddock
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lenberg
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 13 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1990 (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
  • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CARYA

    PIPA2

    Carya

    Pinus palustris

    hybrid hickory

    longleaf pine

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—13

    13—74

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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

    40

    360

    45

    127

    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 10 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03958. common fine and medium roots throughout
    Oe—5 to 0 centimeters (2.0 to 0.0 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Parially decomposed leaf litter
    Bt—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03959. fragments are siltstone; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots throughout; few fine distinct 7.5YR58 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1170004; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1170004
    Bt2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine prominent and 11 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium prominent mottles; strong fine subangular blocky, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03960. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; few fine prominent 5YR58 mottles; common medium prominent 2.5Y62 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1170005; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1170005
    Bt3—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay; 11 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium 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 unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03961. Fragments are Siltstone and Shale; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; common medium distinct 5YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1170006; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1170006
    BC—74 to 99 centimeters (29.1 to 39.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) channery silty clay; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium distinct and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct , moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 30 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03962. Fragments are Siltstone and Shale; few clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; few medium distinct 5YR56 mottles; many medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1170007; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1170007
    Cr—99 to 132 centimeters (39.0 to 52.0 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) weathered bedrock; massive, and platy; very firm; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P03963. Soft weathered Shale with relic platy structure