IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Christian
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 55KY-045-001
  • User Pedon ID: 55KY-045-001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 55KY-045-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 55KY-045-001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46457
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Virgil Thompson farm; RR #1; Kings Mountain; 45 yards S of KY Hwy 501 and 200 yards W of Lincoln-Casey County line.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY045—Casey
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 18-4—Frankfort, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY045—Casey County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H.H. Bailey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Christian
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Christian
  • Classificaton Date - 10/14/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from cherty limestone
  • Landscape: upland
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/14/1955 (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

    lespedeza

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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

    13

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 10 percent by volume chert fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0662
    BA—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silt loam; 1 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine distinct mottles; weak fine granular, and weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent by volume chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0663
    Bt1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent clay films; 10 percent by volume chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0664
    Bt2—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent clay films; 10 percent by volume chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0665
    Bt3—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent clay films; 10 percent by volume chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0666
    Bt4—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); red (10R 4/6) clay loam; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) fine faint and 1 percent reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) fine faint mottles; strong medium angular blocky, and strong coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent clay films; 10 percent by volume chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0667
    Bt5—107 to 135 centimeters (42.1 to 53.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay loam; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) fine faint and 1 percent reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) fine faint mottles; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent clay films; 10 percent by volume chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0668
    Bt6—135 to 183 centimeters (53.1 to 72.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent clay films; 10 percent by volume chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # KY0669