IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cranston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 67KY-205-004
  • User Pedon ID: 67KY-205-004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 67KY-205-004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 67KY-205-004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46528
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: about 2 miles up Island Fork from Rock Fork and about 0.5 mile west up branch. Photo 6-2. E-4 in. N-51/2 in.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY205—Rowan
  • MLRA: 124—Western Allegheny Plateau
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 13-2—Huntington, West Virginia
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY645—Menifee and Rowan Counties, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cranston
  • PSC - 46 to 96 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cranston
  • Classificaton Date - 6/27/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/27/1967 (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

    QUERC

    Quercus

    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

    40

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1251
    E—5 to 25 centimeters (2.0 to 9.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak coarse granular structure; very friable; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY1252
    BE—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY1253
    Bt1—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly silt loam; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY1254. patchy - phpvsfiid 610827; patchy - phpvsfiid 610827
    Bt2—76 to 104 centimeters (29.9 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly silt loam; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate very fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY1255. patchy - phpvsfiid 610828; patchy - phpvsfiid 610828
    Bt3—104 to 135 centimeters (40.9 to 53.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly silt loam; 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct and 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY1256. patchy - phpvsfiid 610829; patchy - phpvsfiid 610829
    C—135 to 173 centimeters (53.1 to 68.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very gravelly silt loam; 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky, and structureless massive; friable; fragments. Lab sample # KY1257