IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Latham
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 71KY-107-055
  • User Pedon ID: 71KY-107-055
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 71KY-107-055
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46581
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 37.2845111
  • Std. Longitude: -87.7649917
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 300 feet E of gravel road; 1 mile N of KY 70; 2 miles E of Tradewater River; 17 miles SW of Madisonville.
  • Map Unit: FdE—Frondorf-Lenberg silt loams, 12 to 30 percent slopes
  • 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

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, mixed, mesic Aquic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Latham
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Latham
  • Classificaton Date - 6/9/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from shale and siltstone
  • Landscape: upland
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: weakly coherent sandstone and shale at 84cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/9/1971 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

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    87 -

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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

    25

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    115.8

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    1222

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    190

    14.4

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    KY5067

    Madisonville

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots; 2 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1667
    E—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10.0 fine roots; 2 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1668
    BE—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine pores; 2 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1669
    Bt1—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent silt coats and 50 percent clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1670
    Bt2—43 to 71 centimeters (16.9 to 28.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 1 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) fine faint and 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent silt coats and 50 percent clay films; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1671
    BC—71 to 84 centimeters (28.0 to 33.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay; 1 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 35 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1672
    Cr—84 to 152 centimeters (33.1 to 59.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # KY1673