IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Waverly
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2008KY039001
  • User Pedon ID: 2008KY039001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 08KY039001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 08KY-039-001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46391
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 36.7766667
  • Std. Longitude: -88.8877778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Carlisle County, KY; 1.6 miles south of Milburn at the end of Sullivan Road upon entering Little Creek flood plain.
  • Map Unit: Cn—Convent-Adler silt loams, frequently flooded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY039—Carlisle
  • MLRA: 134—Southern Mississippi Valley Loess
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-MIL—Milan, Tennessee
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY611—Carlisle and Hickman Counties, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36088-G8—Milburn, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jerry E. McIntosh
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, active, acid, thermic Fluvaquentic Endoaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Waverly
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, active, acid, thermic Fluvaquentic Endoaquepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/23/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-silty alluvium
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: Little Creek flood plain
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for brief periods begining in dec
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Alluvium formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/23/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CAREX

    LOAR10

    Carex

    Lolium arundinaceum

    sedge

    tall fescue

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—20

    20—152

    —20—

    —132—
    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

    0

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    —

    105.8

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    1309

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    193

    14.3

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    KY0402

    Bardwell 2 E

    coop
    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; 6 percent distinct black (N 2.5/0), moist, manganese coatings throughout and 10 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 10 percent medium distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    Bg1—20 to 48 centimeters (7.9 to 18.9 inches); 50 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 50 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; 3 percent distinct black (N 2.5/0), moist, manganese coatings throughout and 5 percent medium prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron on surfaces along root channels and 10 percent medium distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 20 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0285; moist when described;
    Bg2—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent distinct black (N 2.5/0), moist, manganese coatings throughout and 5 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on surfaces along root channels and 20 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 25 percent medium distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0286; moist when described;
    Bg3—71 to 152 centimeters (28.0 to 59.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 3 percent distinct black (N 2.5/0), moist, manganese coatings throughout and 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 25 percent medium faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0287; moist when described;
    BCg—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 3 percent distinct black (N 2.5/0), moist, manganese coatings throughout and 13 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 25 percent medium faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0288; moist when described;
    Cg—183 to 229 centimeters (72.0 to 90.2 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silt loam; massive; firm; 6 percent distinct black (N 2.5/0), moist, manganese coatings throughout and 10 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 15 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KY0289; moist when described;