IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Christian
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 75KY-087-002
  • User Pedon ID: 75KY-087-002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 75KY-087-002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 75KY-087-002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46619
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 500 yards S of KY Hwy 729 and 5,200 feet NW of Pierce; about 8 miles SW of Greensburg.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY087—Green
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-COO—Cookeville, Tennessee
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY620—Green and Taylor Counties, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John H. Newton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Christian
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Christian
  • Classificaton Date - 3/20/1975
  • 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: 3/20/1975 (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

    12

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 10.0 fine roots; 10 percent by volume chert fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1954
    Bt1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 50 percent clay films; 2 percent by volume chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1955
    Bt2—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 15 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) fine distinct 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; 10 percent by volume chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1956. continuous - phpvsfiid 635569; continuous - phpvsfiid 635569
    Bt3—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 15 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) fine distinct 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; 2 percent by volume chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1957. continuous - phpvsfiid 635570; continuous - phpvsfiid 635570
    Bt4—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) clay; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 15 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) fine distinct 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; 10 percent by volume chert fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1958. continuous - phpvsfiid 635571; continuous - phpvsfiid 635571
    Bt5—89 to 107 centimeters (35.0 to 42.1 inches); clay; fragments. Lab sample # KY1959
    Bt6—107 to 142 centimeters (42.1 to 55.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; 30 percent reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) medium distinct and 30 percent pinkish gray (5YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 50 percent clay films; 5 percent by volume chert fragments. Lab sample # KY1960. continuous - phpvsfiid 635572; continuous - phpvsfiid 635572
    Bt7—142 to 178 centimeters (55.9 to 70.1 inches); clay; fragments. Lab sample # KY1961