IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bledsoe

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 81KY-109-002

User Pedon ID: 2015KY109001

Vegetation Plot ID: 81KY-109-002

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - UK

Lab Pedon # - 81KY-109-002

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46698

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: 37.5602833

Std. Longitude: -83.9681944

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Leighton Topo Quad. X: 2,516,300 feet, Y: 451,000 feet. About 2 miles south of Estill County; on a south facing hillside about 500 feet southwest of the point where KY Hwy 89 crosses South Fork Creek.

Map Unit: BsF—Bledsoe silt loam, steep, very rocky

Country: US—United States

State: Kentucky

County: KY109—Jackson

MLRA: 125—Cumberland Plateau and Mountains

MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-LON—London, Kentucky

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY623—Jackson and Owsley Counties, Kentucky

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37083-E8—Leighton, Kentucky

PEDON

Describers Name: Glenn Kelley

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludalfs

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: TUD pedon

Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Bledsoe

PSC - 10 to 60 cm.

Classificaton Date - 3/13/2015

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - udic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Bledsoe

Classificaton Date - 6/2/1981

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: Pennsylvanian and upper Mississippian clayey colluvium derived from limestone, sandstone, and shale

Landscape: upland

Landform: hill

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Geology: Borden Formation formation.

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 6/2/1981 (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

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
ACSA3 CERCI2 CORNU FAGR LINDE2 LITU PAQU2 PLOC QUMU THUJA TILIA TORAR ULMUS	Acer saccharum Cercis Cornus Fagus grandifolia Lindera Liriodendron tulipifera Parthenocissus quinquefolia Platanus occidentalis Quercus muehlenbergii Thuja Tilia Toxicodendron radicans ssp. radicans Ulmus	sugar maple redbud dogwood American beech spicebush tuliptree Virginia creeper American sycamore chinquapin oak arborvitae basswood eastern poison ivy elm	— — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — — — — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
— ochric epipedon argillic horizon	— 0—10 10—127	—- —10— —117—

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
54	—	—	274.3	—	120	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH indicator solutions; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2486

Bt1—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 medium roots; 10 percent clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2487. patchy - phpvsfiid 1406473; patchy - phpvsfiid 1406473

Bt2—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2488. patchy - phpvsfiid 1406474; patchy - phpvsfiid 1406474

Bt3—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2489. patchy - phpvsfiid 1406475; patchy - phpvsfiid 1406475

Bt4—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2490

Bt5—97 to 127 centimeters (38.2 to 50.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2491. patchy - phpvsfiid 1406477; patchy - phpvsfiid 1406477

BC—127 to 203 centimeters (50.0 to 79.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) channery silty clay loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # KY2492. patchy - phpvsfiid 1406478; patchy - phpvsfiid 1406478