IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Steinsburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 73KY-019-047
  • User Pedon ID: 73KY-019-047
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 73KY-019-047
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 73KY-019-047
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46599
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: About 18 miles SW of Ashland, near the junction of KY Hwy 1937 and 752; 1,000 feet south of Huff Brauk; 1,500 feet west of confluence of Huff Brauk and Bear Creek.
  • 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
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Steinsburg
  • PSC - 25 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Steinsburg
  • 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: strongly coherent sandstone, unspecified at 74cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/9/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ANVI2

    Andropogon virginicus

    broomsedge bluestem

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

    bedrock, lithic

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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

    15

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1802
    BA—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1803
    Bw—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1.0 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; 1 percent mica flakes, unspecified; 5 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1804
    BC—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) very channery loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1.0 fine roots; 1 percent mica flakes, unspecified; 60 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1805
    C—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) channery loamy sand; structureless single grain; loose; 1 percent mica flakes, unspecified; 25 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1806
    R—74 centimeters (29.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # KY1807