IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tilsit
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 54KY-011-003
  • User Pedon ID: 54KY-011-003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 54KY-011-003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46440
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: J.B. Harris farm R#3; Owingsville, KY; located 5.2 miles ENE of Owingsville on KY 36; Pit is located in wooded area 0.3 miles from KY 36 on south side of gravel road running NW from KY 36.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY011—Bath
  • MLRA: 124—Western Allegheny Plateau
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 13-2—Huntington, West Virginia
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY011—Bath County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tilsit
  • PSC - 30 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tilsit
  • Classificaton Date - 7/20/1954
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Greenish-gray shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: very strongly coherent shale, acid at 147cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/20/1954 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: Wooded scrub
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    bedrock, lithic

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    64 - 102

    147 -

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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
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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # KY0526
    E—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    BE—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6) silty clay loam; 15 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) fine faint and 15 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine distinct mottles; weak fine angular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0527
    Bt—30 to 64 centimeters (11.8 to 25.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0528
    Btx—64 to 102 centimeters (25.2 to 40.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) silty clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; brittle; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0529
    C—102 to 147 centimeters (40.2 to 57.9 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/1) and olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) silty clay; moderate medium platy, and moderate coarse platy structure; firm; fragments. Lab sample # KY0530
    R—147 centimeters (57.9 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # KY0531