IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Karnak
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 68KY-107-006
  • User Pedon ID: 68KY-107-006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 68KY-107-006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 68KY-107-006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46534
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 37.3421583
  • Std. Longitude: -87.7584417
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: West 1.5 miles on KY 291 from junction with KY 109 to 2nd gravel road; W on gravel road 3.5 miles to Clear Creek swamp; 300 feet W of road and 0.25 miles S of Clear Creek; lower 1/3 of Clear Creek flood plain.
  • Map Unit: uBKp—Bonnie and Karnak soils, 0 to 1 percent slopes, ponded
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY107—Hopkins
  • MLRA: 120A—Kentucky and Indiana Sandstone and Shale Hills and Valleys, Southern Part
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-OWN—Owensboro, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY107—Hopkins County, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37087-C7—Dalton, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.P. Fehr and E.H. Jacobs
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Endoaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Karnak
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Karnak
  • Classificaton Date - 6/20/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey alluvium
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for very long periods begining in oct
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for very long periods begining in oct
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/20/1968 (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

    ACER

    BETUL

    QUPH

    TYPHA

    Acer

    Betula

    Quercus phellos

    Typha

    maple

    birch

    willow oak

    cattail

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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

    1

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    108.2

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    1222

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    190

    14.4

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    KY5067

    Madisonville

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silt loam; structureless massive; firm; fragments; ultra acid, pH 3.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1287
    A2—5 to 28 centimeters (2.0 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1288
    Btg1—28 to 71 centimeters (11.0 to 28.0 inches); gray (N 5/), silty clay; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 roots; 30 percent clay films; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1289. continuous - phpvsfiid 610739; continuous - phpvsfiid 610739
    Btg2—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 15 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely firm; 0.5 roots; 30 percent clay films; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1290. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 610740; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 610740
    Cg—91 to 127 centimeters (35.8 to 50.0 inches); gray (N 5/), and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; structureless massive; extremely firm; 0.5 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5. Lab sample # KY1291