IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nolichucky
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 55KY-137-001
  • User Pedon ID: 55KY-137-001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 55KY-137-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 55KY-137-001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46462
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Tom Reed Farm; RR #3; Stanford on Greasy Ridge Road; 2.1 miles from US Hwy 27 at Highland, KY.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY137—Lincoln
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 18-4—Frankfort, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY618—Garrard and Lincoln Counties, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E.V. Huffman and H.H. Bailey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, mesic Typic Paleudults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Nolichucky
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nolichucky
  • Classificaton Date - 8/23/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/23/1955 (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
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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 15 percent by volume chert fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0704
    AB—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; moderate fine granular structure; hard, friable; 12 percent by volume chert fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0705
    Bt1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak fine angular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable; 12 percent by volume chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0706
    Bt2—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and yellowish red (5YR 5/8) clay loam; 1 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) fine distinct and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky, and strong fine angular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 12 percent by volume chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0707
    Bt3—51 to 84 centimeters (20.1 to 33.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; 1 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) fine distinct and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; strong coarse angular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm; 12 percent by volume chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0708
    Bt4—84 to 117 centimeters (33.1 to 46.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; 1 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) fine distinct and 15 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium prominent mottles; strong medium angular blocky, and strong coarse angular blocky structure; hard, firm; 12 percent by volume chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0709
    2Bt5—117 to 145 centimeters (46.1 to 57.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; strong medium angular blocky, and strong coarse angular blocky structure; hard, friable; 30 percent clay films; 12 percent by volume chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0710
    2BC—145 to 183 centimeters (57.1 to 72.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) and dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate coarse angular blocky, and structureless massive; hard, friable; 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) clay films; 12 percent by volume chert fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4. Lab sample # KY0711