IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muskingum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 65KY-199-014
  • User Pedon ID: 65KY-199-014
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 65KY-199-014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 65KY-199-014
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46491
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 0.25 mile north of Conrad.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY199—Pulaski
  • MLRA: 125—Cumberland Plateau and Mountains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-LON—London, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY199—Pulaski County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Muskingum
  • PSC - 58 to 108 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muskingum
  • Classificaton Date - 8/11/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/11/1965 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree 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

    PIVI2

    QUAL

    Pinus virginiana

    Quercus alba

    Virginia pine

    white oak

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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

    45

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 10.0 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0927
    AB—13 to 41 centimeters (5.1 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0928
    BA—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0929
    Bt1—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0930. patchy - phpvsfiid 634903; patchy - phpvsfiid 634903
    Bt2—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silty clay loam; 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine distinct and 15 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine distinct and 15 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0931. patchy - phpvsfiid 634904; patchy - phpvsfiid 634904
    Bt3—102 to 160 centimeters (40.2 to 63.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silty clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0932. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 634905; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 634905
    BC—160 to 213 centimeters (63.0 to 83.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse prominent mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak very coarse platy structure; firm; 0.5 roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0933
    C—213 to 234 centimeters (83.9 to 92.1 inches); gray (5YR 5/1) and gray (7.5YR 6/1) and yellowish red (5YR 5/8) clay; structureless massive; firm; fragments. Lab sample # KY0934