IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marrowbone
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 73KY-019-044
  • User Pedon ID: 73KY-019-044
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 73KY-019-044
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46598
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: About 11 miles south of Ashland; 800 feet north of KY Hwy 967 and 2,000 feet west of junction of KY Hwy 967 and US 23.
  • 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: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Eutrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Marrowbone
  • PSC - 25 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Marrowbone
  • Classificaton Date - 6/9/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Residuum from acid sandstone
  • Landscape: upland
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Bedrock: weakly coherent sandstone, unspecified at 58cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/9/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: Bushes and briars
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub 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
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    bedrock, lithic

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    58 - 81

    81 -

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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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    6

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 fine roots; 2 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1796
    BA—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1.0 fine roots; 2 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1797
    Bw—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1.0 fine roots; 1 percent mica flakes, unspecified; 5 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1798
    BC—48 to 58 centimeters (18.9 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) very channery sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1.0 fine roots; 15 percent mica flakes, unspecified; 60 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1799
    Cr—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # KY1800
    R—81 to 112 centimeters (31.9 to 44.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # KY1801