IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bedford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 55KY-009-002
  • User Pedon ID: 55KY-009-002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 55KY-009-002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 55KY-009-002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46450
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 0.5 mile East of Railton on Hwy 1530; 53 feet S of Hwy and 185 feet W of driveway to farm of Homer Keith; Route 1; Park City; photo no. and date: ALK-10H-150.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY009—Barren
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-COO—Cookeville, Tennessee
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY009—Barren County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E.V. Huffman and H.H. Bailey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bedford
  • PSC - 15 to 53 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/17/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bedford
  • Classificaton Date - 7/21/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Loess over rediduum of low grade cherty limestone (Warsaw formation).
  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/21/1955 (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

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
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    fragipan

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    53 - 91

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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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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak coarse angular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0587
    Bt1—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm; 10.0 roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0588
    Bt2—20 to 53 centimeters (7.9 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 roots; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0589
    Btx1—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3) medium faint mottles; weak medium angular blocky, and weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0590
    Btx2—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 30 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) medium faint and 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium faint mottles; structureless massive parts to weak coarse platy, and structureless massive parts to weak coarse angular blocky; firm; 0.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # KY0591
    2Bt1—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 30 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 12 percent by volume angular 5-?-25 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0592
    2Bt2—122 to 160 centimeters (48.0 to 63.0 inches); light gray (N 7/), and pale brown (10YR 6/3) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 14 percent by volume 5-?-25 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0. Lab sample # KY0593
    2Bt3—160 to 213 centimeters (63.0 to 83.9 inches); red (10R 4/6) silty clay loam; 30 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) medium distinct mottles; weak medium angular blocky, and structureless massive; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9. Lab sample # KY0594
    2Bt4—213 to 234 centimeters (83.9 to 92.1 inches); red (10R 4/6) silty clay loam; 30 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0. Lab sample # KY0595