IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marrowbone
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 65KY-199-066
  • User Pedon ID: 65KY-199-066
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 65KY-199-066
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 65KY-199-066
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46493
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 0.5 mile south of Little Lick Campground near Mt. Victory, KY.
  • 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: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Marrowbone
  • PSC - 25 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Marrowbone
  • Classificaton Date - 2/15/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Bedrock: very strongly coherent sandstone, unspecified at 91cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/15/1966 (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

    KALA

    PIVI2

    Kalmia latifolia

    Pinus virginiana

    mountain laurel

    Virginia pine

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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

    35

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0945
    A2—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0946
    BA—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10.0 roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0947
    Bw1—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0948
    Bw2—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0949
    Bw3—74 to 91 centimeters (29.1 to 35.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) sandy loam; 15 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) coarse prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0950
    R—91 to 101 centimeters (35.8 to 39.8 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # KY0951