IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shelocta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 73KY-089-046
  • User Pedon ID: 73KY-089-046
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 73KY-089-046
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46611
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 1.5 miles west of Greenup, on west facing slope of Duck Puddle Fork, 2,400 feet south of KY Hwy 827 and 1.25 miles SW of Junction of US 23 and KY 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-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelocta
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelocta
  • Classificaton Date - 6/6/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Colluvium or slope crop from acid siltstones and shales
  • Landscape: upland
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Bedrock: strongly coherent shale, unspecified at 287cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/6/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: 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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    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
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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 10.0 fine roots; 3 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1892
    Bt1—18 to 48 centimeters (7.1 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots; 50 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films; 5 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1893
    Bt2—48 to 89 centimeters (18.9 to 35.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 50 percent clay films; 5 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1894
    Bt3—89 to 124 centimeters (35.0 to 48.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) channery silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 50 percent clay films; 8 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1895
    2Bt4—124 to 160 centimeters (48.8 to 63.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) channery silty clay; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine faint mottles; weak fine angular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.0 fine roots; 30 percent clay films; 25 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1896
    2Bt5—160 to 183 centimeters (63.0 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) channery silty clay; 30 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium distinct mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.0 fine roots; 30 percent clay films; 30 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1897
    2Bt6—183 to 216 centimeters (72.0 to 85.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very channery silty clay; 30 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium distinct mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.0 fine roots; 30 percent clay films; 50 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1898
    2BC—216 to 236 centimeters (85.0 to 92.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) channery silty clay; 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1899
    2C1—236 to 267 centimeters (92.9 to 105.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; 15 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; very firm; 10 percent pressure faces; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1900
    2C2—267 to 287 centimeters (105.1 to 113.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) channery clay; 15 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; very firm; 10 percent pressure faces; 20 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1901
    2R—287 centimeters (113.0 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # KY1902