IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Baxter
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 73KY-221-012
  • User Pedon ID: 73KY-221-012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 73KY-221-012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 73KY-221-012
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46616
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: About 5.5 miles SE of Cadiz; 100 feet SE of farm lane; 1.25 miles NE of KY Hwy 525; and about 1.5 miles SW of Junction of KY Hwys 139 and 525.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY221—Trigg
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-COO—Cookeville, Tennessee
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY629—Lyon and Trigg Counties, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, kaolinitic, mesic Typic Paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Baxter
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Baxter
  • Classificaton Date - 6/9/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from limestone
  • Landscape: upland
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • 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

    LOAR10

    Lolium arundinaceum

    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    10

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) channery silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 fine roots; 25 percent by volume chert fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1930
    Bt1—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots; 30 percent clay films and 30 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats; 5 percent by volume chert fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY1931
    Bt2—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); red (10R 4/6) channery clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 50 percent clay films; 15 percent by volume chert fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY1932
    Bt3—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) channery clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; firm; 0.0 fine roots; 50 percent clay films; 30 percent by volume chert fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY1933
    Bt4—89 to 122 centimeters (35.0 to 48.0 inches); dark red (10R 3/6) channery clay; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse angular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; firm; 50 percent clay films; 40 percent by volume chert fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1934
    Bt5—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); dark red (10R 3/6) channery clay; 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse angular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; firm; 50 percent clay films; 35 percent by volume chert fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY1935
    Bt6—152 to 180 centimeters (59.8 to 70.9 inches); channery clay; fragments. Lab sample # KY1936
    Bt7—180 to 203 centimeters (70.9 to 79.9 inches); channery clay; fragments. Lab sample # KY1937
    Bt8—203 to 241 centimeters (79.9 to 94.9 inches); dark red (10R 3/6) channery silty clay; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct and 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky parts to weak very fine angular blocky, and moderate coarse angular blocky parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 50 percent clay films; 20 percent by volume chert fragments. Lab sample # KY1938