IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shelocta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 69KY-051-001
  • User Pedon ID: 69KY-051-001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 69KY-051-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 69KY-051-001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46540
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 3 miles SE of Manchester, KY on KY Hwy 80; hence 0.1 mile south of junction with KY Hwy 349; hence 0.1 mile east on private road in pasture field.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY051—Clay
  • MLRA: 125—Cumberland Plateau and Mountains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-LON—London, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY051—Clay County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T.R. Leathers and E.V. Huffman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelocta
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelocta
  • Classificaton Date - 11/4/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Colluvium from acid siltstones, sandstones and shales
  • Landscape: upland
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/4/1969 (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

    LESPE

    LOAR10

    Lespedeza

    Lolium arundinaceum

    lespedeza

    tall fescue

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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

    15

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    Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) gravelly silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 roots; 8 percent by volume 2-?-50 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-?-50 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1317
    Ap2—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 roots; 8 percent by volume 2-?-50 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-?-50 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1318
    Bt1—20 to 64 centimeters (7.9 to 25.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1319. continuous - phpvsfiid 635028; continuous - phpvsfiid 635028
    Bt2—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots; 30 percent clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1320. patchy - phpvsfiid 635029; patchy - phpvsfiid 635029
    Bt3—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); gravelly silty clay loam; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0. Lab sample # KY1321
    C—114 to 142 centimeters (44.9 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very gravelly silt loam; structureless massive; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0. Lab sample # KY1322