IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bedford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 58KY-103-001
  • User Pedon ID: 58KY-103-001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 58KY-103-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 58KY-103-001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46473
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Clarence Goedecke farm; about 3 miles north of NewCastle on KY Hwy 193; 121 yards south of farm land and 20 yards east of KY Hwy 193.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY103—Henry
  • MLRA: 121—Kentucky Bluegrass
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 18-4—Frankfort, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY622—Henry and Trimble Counties, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H.H. Bailey and T.B. Hutchinson, Jr.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Glossic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bedford
  • PSC - 30 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bedford
  • Classificaton Date - 10/21/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from limestone
  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/21/1958 (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

    LOAR10

    Lolium arundinaceum

    tall fescue

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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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    66 - 102

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    Setting and Climate
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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0791
    AB—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0792
    Bt1—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint and 15 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine faint mottles; weak fine angular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0793
    Bt2—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) silty clay loam; weak fine angular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky structure; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0794
    E/Bx—66 to 76 centimeters (26.0 to 29.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silt loam; weak fine angular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky, and weak platy structure; firm; brittle; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0795
    Bx—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak fine angular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; brittle; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0796
    C1—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak fine angular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0797
    C2—122 to 157 centimeters (48.0 to 61.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and gray (10YR 5/1) silt loam; strong fine angular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm; fragments. Lab sample # KY0798