IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Whitley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 73KY-089-033
  • User Pedon ID: 73KY-089-033
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 73KY-089-033
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 73KY-089-033
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46606
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: About 6.5 miles west of Greenup; 1,000 feet west of KY Hwy 7; 0.5 mile south of junction of KY Hwy 7 and 827.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY089—Greenup
  • 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-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Whitley
  • PSC - 46 to 96 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Whitley
  • Classificaton Date - 6/9/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Old alluvium from soils of acid siltstone and shale origin
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • 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

    ANDRO2

    LOAR10

    Andropogon

    Lolium arundinaceum

    bluestem

    tall fescue

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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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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1854
    BA—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1.0 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1855
    Bt1—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; 30 percent clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1856
    Bt2—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 1.0 fine pores; 30 percent clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1857
    Bt3—102 to 132 centimeters (40.2 to 52.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) loam; 15 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium faint mottles; weak fine angular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.0 fine pores; 10 percent clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1858
    Bt4—132 to 173 centimeters (52.0 to 68.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loam; 15 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium faint and 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium faint mottles; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky, and weak fine angular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine pores; 10 percent clay films; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1859
    BC—173 to 188 centimeters (68.1 to 74.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; 15 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium distinct and 15 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) medium distinct mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; very friable; 0.0 fine pores; fragments. Lab sample # KY1860