IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mercer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 68KY-067-002
  • User Pedon ID: 68KY-067-002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 68KY-067-002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 68KY-067-002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46531
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: NW corner of KY Village property line along Kearney Rd.; 1.5 miles west of US 25.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY067—Fayette
  • MLRA: 121—Kentucky Bluegrass
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 18-4—Frankfort, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY643—Fayette County Area, Part of Fayette County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.L. Blevins and Wm. Phillippe
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mercer
  • PSC - 53 to 97 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mercer
  • Classificaton Date - 6/9/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/9/1968 (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

    POA

    Poa

    bluegrass

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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

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # KY1270
    AB—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # KY1271
    Bw—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; weak medium angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # KY1272
    Btx1—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium faint and 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; brittle; 30 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses and 30 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/3) iron-manganese concretions; fragments. Lab sample # KY1273
    2Btx2—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; friable; brittle; fragments. Lab sample # KY1274
    2C1—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay; weak coarse angular blocky parts to structureless massive; firm; fragments. Lab sample # KY1275
    2C2—122 to 147 centimeters (48.0 to 57.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay; weak coarse angular blocky parts to structureless massive; firm; fragments. Lab sample # KY1276
    2C3—147 to 178 centimeters (57.9 to 70.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay; weak coarse angular blocky parts to structureless massive; firm; fragments. Lab sample # KY1277