IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Loring
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 66KY-105-005
  • User Pedon ID: 66KY-105-005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 66KY-105-005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 66KY-105-005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46503
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: about .75 miles W of northern junction of Hwys 808 and 123; Robert Crumble farm; 130 feet SSE of barn and 70 feet E of fence line.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY105—Hickman
  • MLRA: 134—Southern Mississippi Valley Loess
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-MIL—Milan, Tennessee
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY611—Carlisle and Hickman Counties, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Frank Anderson and H.H. Bailey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, thermic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Loring
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Loring
  • Classificaton Date - 11/8/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/8/1966 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 5F84(3-4)
  • 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
    cm

    fragipan

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    74 - 183

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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

    3

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1038
    Bt1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent clay films; 2 percent worm casts; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY1039. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635086; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635086
    Bt2—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY1040. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635087; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635087
    Bt3—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # KY1041. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635088; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635088
    Btx1—74 to 94 centimeters (29.1 to 37.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; firm; brittle; 1.0 roots between peds; 1.0 very fine pores; 20 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 20 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # KY1042
    Btx2—94 to 109 centimeters (37.0 to 42.9 inches); silt loam; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # KY1043
    Btx3—109 to 124 centimeters (42.9 to 48.8 inches); silt loam; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1. Lab sample # KY1044
    Btx4—124 to 140 centimeters (48.8 to 55.1 inches); silt loam; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # KY1045
    Btx5—140 to 155 centimeters (55.1 to 61.0 inches); silt loam; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # KY1046
    Btx6—155 to 183 centimeters (61.0 to 72.0 inches); silt loam; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4. Lab sample # KY1047
    C—183 to 185 centimeters (72.0 to 72.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; 30 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium distinct and 30 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium distinct mottles; weak very coarse prismatic structure; friable; 15 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 15 percent silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # KY1048