IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shelocta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 69KY-095-001
  • User Pedon ID: 69KY-095-001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 69KY-095-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 69KY-095-001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46541
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 6.1 miles east of junction of US Hwy 421 and KY Hwy 221 at Bledsoe, KY; hence north 1.7 miles on gravel road on east side of road.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY095—Harlan
  • MLRA: 125—Cumberland Plateau and Mountains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-LON—London, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY638—Bell and Harlan Counties, 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 - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelocta
  • Classificaton Date - 11/5/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from sandstone and shale and/or colluvium derived from siltstone
  • Landscape: upland
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/5/1969 (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

    LITU

    QUERC

    Acer

    Liriodendron tulipifera

    Quercus

    maple

    tuliptree

    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
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    20

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) gravelly silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 roots; 5 percent by volume 18-?-50 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 18-?-50 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY1323
    E—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10.0 roots; 8 percent by volume 12-?-200 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 12-?-200 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1324
    BE—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 roots; 17 percent by volume 18-?-50 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 17 percent by volume 18-?-50 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1325
    Bt1—41 to 79 centimeters (16.1 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) gravelly silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 30 percent clay films; 10 percent by volume 12-?-250 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 12-?-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1326. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635030; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635030
    Bt2—79 to 112 centimeters (31.1 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very gravelly silty clay loam; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct and 15 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent clay films; 1 percent fine manganese masses; 5 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 12-?-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 12-?-250 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1327. patchy - phpvsfiid 635031; patchy - phpvsfiid 635031
    BC—112 to 140 centimeters (44.1 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very gravelly silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent clay films on rock fragments; 25 percent by volume 5-?-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume 5-?-? millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # KY1328. patchy - phpvsfiid 635032; patchy - phpvsfiid 635033; patchy - phpvsfiid 635032; patchy - phpvsfiid 635033
    C—140 to 168 centimeters (55.1 to 66.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) extremely gravelly silt loam; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; friable; 35 percent by volume 5-?-? millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 5-?-? millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0. Lab sample # KY1329