IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lowell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 72KY-209-004
  • User Pedon ID: 72KY-209-004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 72KY-209-004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46588
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 38.2617917
  • Std. Longitude: -84.4371111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 500 feet SW of main barn on Robert McMillan farm; 0.2 mile north of Leesburg Road; 0.1 miles NE of Newton; about 7.5 miles north of Georgetown.
  • Map Unit: uLbiB—Lowell-Bluegrass silt loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY209—Scott
  • MLRA: 121—Kentucky Bluegrass
  • Regional Office: 6—Morgantown, WV
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-OWN—Owensboro, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY209—Scott County, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38084-C4—Leesburg, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lowell
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lowell
  • Classificaton Date - 6/9/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty residuum weathered from limestone and shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/9/1972 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    290.2

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 1.0 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1716
    Bt1—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak medium angular blocky parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; 30 percent clay films; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1717
    Bt2—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 15 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine faint mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; 50 percent clay films; 15 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses; fragments. Lab sample # KY1718
    Bt3—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium faint and 15 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium faint mottles; weak coarse angular blocky parts to moderate medium platy structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 50 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films; 15 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses and 15 percent medium black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1719
    Bt4—89 to 112 centimeters (35.0 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay; 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 50 percent clay films; 15 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses and 15 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings; fragments. Lab sample # KY1720
    Bt5—112 to 132 centimeters (44.1 to 52.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 10 percent pressure faces and 50 percent clay films; 15 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses and 15 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1721
    BC1—132 to 175 centimeters (52.0 to 68.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay; weak medium angular blocky, and weak fine angular blocky structure; extremely firm; 10 percent pressure faces and 30 percent clay films; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses and 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings; fragments. Lab sample # KY1722
    BC2—175 to 183 centimeters (68.9 to 72.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay; weak fine angular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky structure; extremely firm; 10 percent pressure faces and 30 percent clay films; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses and 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings; fragments. Lab sample # KY1723