IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Huntington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 70KY101004
  • User Pedon ID: 70KY101004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 70KY101004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 70KY-101-004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46556
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 37.9220000
  • Std. Longitude: -87.6175278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: On the Ohio River.
  • Map Unit: HsA—Huntington silt loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes, occasionally flooded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY101—Henderson
  • MLRA: 120A—Kentucky and Indiana Sandstone and Shale Hills and Valleys, Southern Part
  • Regional Office: 18obsolete—Lexington, KY
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-OWN—Owensboro, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY101—Henderson County, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37087-H5—Evansville South, Indiana

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Frank Cox Jr.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Fluventic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Huntington
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Huntington
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for long periods begining in dec
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Alluvium member.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 5
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—28

    28—183

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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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    110

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    1136

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    197

    13.9

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    KY3762

    Henderson 7 SSW

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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1441
    Ap2—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 7.0 fine roots; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats on faces of peds; 5 percent worm casts; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1442. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 347654; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 347654
    Bw1—28 to 56 centimeters (11.0 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 coarse pores; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats on faces of peds; 5 percent worm casts; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1443. continuous - phpvsfiid 347655; continuous - phpvsfiid 347655
    Bw2—56 to 99 centimeters (22.0 to 39.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 coarse pores; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, coats; worm casts; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1444, KY1445. continuous - phpvsfiid 347656; continuous - phpvsfiid 347656
    Bw3—99 to 137 centimeters (39.0 to 53.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, coats; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1446, KY1447. continuous - phpvsfiid 347657; continuous - phpvsfiid 347657
    Bw4—137 to 160 centimeters (53.9 to 63.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 coarse pores; worm casts; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1448
    Bw5—160 to 183 centimeters (63.0 to 72.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # KY1449. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 347658; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 347658
    Bw6—183 centimeters (72.0 inches); silty clay loam; fragments. Lab sample # KY1450