IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cutshin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 73KY-019-043
  • User Pedon ID: 73KY-019-043
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 73KY-019-043
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46597
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: About 3 miles southwest of Ashland; 2,000 feet SW of the intersection of KY 716 and the C&O Railroad at the SW corner of the Federal Youth Center.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY019—Boyd
  • MLRA: 124—Western Allegheny Plateau
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 13-2—Huntington, West Virginia
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY605—Boyd and Greenup Counties, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cutshin
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cutshin
  • Classificaton Date - 6/6/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Colluvium or slope creep from soils of acid siltstone and shale origin
  • Landscape: upland
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Bedrock: strongly coherent siltstone, unspecified at 142cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/6/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: Forest mixed hardwoods
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • 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
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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
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    A—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate very fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 fine roots; 10 percent by volume 6-?-50 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1789
    AB—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine granular structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots; 10 percent by volume 6-?-50 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1790
    Bt1—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent clay films and 30 percent silt coats; 5 percent by volume 6-?-50 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1791
    Bt2—64 to 102 centimeters (25.2 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 50 percent clay films; 1 percent fine manganese masses; 25 percent by volume 6-?-70 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1792
    2Bt3—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) channery silty clay; 30 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium distinct and 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; weak fine angular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent clay films; 15 percent by volume 6-?-70 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1793
    2BC—127 to 142 centimeters (50.0 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) channery silty clay; 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.0 fine roots; 10 percent clay films and 30 percent silt coats on rock fragments; 30 percent by volume 6-?-70 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1794
    2R—142 to 165 centimeters (55.9 to 65.0 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # KY1795