IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Nolin
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
70KY177057
User Pedon ID:
70KY177057
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
UK
Lab Pedon # -
70KY-177-057
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
46561
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:
37.3200556
Std. Longitude:
-86.9869444
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
1/2 mile south of the Western Kentucky Parkway, 500 feet west of Green River.
Map Unit:
Nh—Nolin silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded
Country:
US—United States
State:
Kentucky
County:
KY177—Muhlenberg
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:
KY631—McLean and Muhlenberg Counties, Kentucky
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
37086-C8—Paradise, Kentucky
PEDON
Describers Name:
Frank Cox Jr.
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Dystric Fluventic Eutrochrepts
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 -
Nolin
PSC -
25 to 100 cm.
Classificaton Date -
11/15/2011
Moisture Class -
udic
Moisture Subclass -
typic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Nolin
Classificaton Date -
6/1/1970
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
mixed fine-silty alluvium
Landscape:
valley
Landform:
flood plain
Runoff:
low
Drainage Class:
well
Flooding:
occasional flooding for brief 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:
IN 45A
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
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
ochric epipedon
cambic horizon
0—23
23—211
—23—
—-
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
—
—
118
—
1211
—
195
13.5
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
KY6882
Rochester Ferry
coop
Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1499
Bw1—23 to 61 centimeters (9.1 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1500, KY1501. continuous - phpvsfiid 347850; continuous - phpvsfiid 347850
Bw2—61 to 109 centimeters (24.0 to 42.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1502, KY1503. continuous - phpvsfiid 347851; continuous - phpvsfiid 347851
Bw3—109 to 157 centimeters (42.9 to 61.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine faint mottles; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, coats; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1504, KY1505
Bw4—157 to 211 centimeters (61.8 to 83.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 50 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; 0.5 fine pores; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8. Lab sample # KY1506, KY1507. continuous - phpvsfiid 347854; continuous - phpvsfiid 347854