IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nicholson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 72KY-209-007
  • User Pedon ID: 72KY-209-007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 72KY-209-007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46591
  • Print Date: 1/9/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 0.7 mile N of US 227; 1.3 miles NE of Newton, KY; 500 feet N of farm house; about 6.1 miles E of Georgetown.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY209—Scott
  • MLRA: 121—Kentucky Bluegrass
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 18-4—Frankfort, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY209—Scott County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Nicholson
  • PSC - 20 to 46 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nicholson
  • Classificaton Date - 6/9/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • 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
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

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    46 - 86

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    Setting and Climate
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 1.0 fine roots; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1741
    Bt—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; 30 percent clay films and 30 percent silt coats; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1742
    Btx1—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint and 15 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) medium faint mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 0.0 fine vesicular pores; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent silt coats on all faces of peds; 15 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses and 15 percent manganese coatings; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1743
    Btx2—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct and 30 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium distinct mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 0.0 fine vesicular pores; 30 percent silt coats and 50 percent clay films; 30 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses and 30 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1744
    2Bt—86 to 124 centimeters (33.9 to 48.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; 30 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 30 percent clay films; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY1745
    2BC—124 to 163 centimeters (48.8 to 64.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; 15 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak fine angular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 10 percent pressure faces and 30 percent clay films; 15 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses; fragments. Lab sample # KY1746