IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Fredonia
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
54KY-227-009
User Pedon ID:
54KY-227-009
Vegetation Plot ID:
54KY-227-009
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
UK
Lab Pedon # -
54KY-227-009
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
46447
Print Date:
11/21/2024
LOCATION
Location Description:
D.F. Jones farm; Rt. 2; Smith Grove, KY; 0.5 mile E of US Hwy 31-W; on KY Hwy 101; photo no. and date: KY-SCD-48, DMP-44-49(2).
State:
Kentucky
County:
KY227—Warren
MLRA:
122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal
MLRA Soil Survey Area:
SE-COO—Cookeville, Tennessee
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
KY227—Warren County, Kentucky
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
37086-A2—Smiths Grove, Kentucky
PEDON
Describers Name:
E.V. Huffman
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
Pedon Record Orgin:
PedonPC
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Fredonia
PSC -
15 to 65 cm.
Classificaton Date -
11/15/2011
Moisture Class -
udic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Fredonia
Classificaton Date -
8/3/1954
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
Residuum of high grade limestone or old alluvium.
Landscape:
upland
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
8/3/1954 (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
Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol
Scientific Name
National Vernacular Name
Plant Type Group
Canopy Cover %
Vegetation Stata Level
LESPE
Lespedeza
lespedeza
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Pedon Restrictions
Kind
Hardness
Restriction Depth L-H
Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
cm
bedrock, lithic
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99 -
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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
3
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Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0568
Bt1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) and dark red (2.5YR 3/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky, and weak coarse columnar structure; slightly hard, firm; 30 percent clay films; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0569
Bt2—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and strong medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky, and strong fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 30 percent clay films; 2 percent by volume chert fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0570
Bt3—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); dark red (10R 3/6) clay; strong medium subangular blocky, and strong fine angular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky, and strong fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 30 percent clay films; 2 percent by volume 25-?-75 millimeter chert fragments. Lab sample # KY0571
BC—84 to 99 centimeters (33.1 to 39.0 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) and dark reddish brown (2.5YR 2/4) clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # KY0572
R—99 centimeters (39.0 inches); fragments.