IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Baxter
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 75KY-227-018
  • User Pedon ID: 75KY-227-018
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 75KY-227-018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 75KY-227-018
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46630
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 2.75 miles E of Smiths Grove; 100 yards N of I-65; about 18 miles E of Bowling Green.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY227—Warren
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-COO—Cookeville, Tennessee
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY227—Warren County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.E. Daniell and J.H. Newton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Baxter
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Baxter
  • Classificaton Date - 8/7/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from cherty limestone
  • Landscape: upland
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/7/1975 (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

    10

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) channery silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 1.0 fine roots; 30 percent by volume 10-?-50 millimeter chert fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2019
    Bt1—20 to 37 centimeters (7.9 to 14.6 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) channery silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots; 0.0 fine high-continuity pores; 30 percent clay films; 30 percent by volume chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2020. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635613; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635613
    Bt2—37 to 81 centimeters (14.6 to 31.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) channery silty clay; moderate fine angular blocky parts to moderate very fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.0 fine high-continuity pores; 50 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay films; 25 percent by volume 10-?-120 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2021. continuous - phpvsfiid 635614; continuous - phpvsfiid 635614
    Bt3—81 to 125 centimeters (31.9 to 49.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) channery silty clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium faint mottles; moderate fine angular blocky parts to moderate very fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.0 fine high-continuity pores; 10 percent silt coats and 50 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay films; 25 percent by volume 10-?-120 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2022. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635616; continuous - phpvsfiid 635615; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635616; continuous - phpvsfiid 635615
    Bt4—125 to 155 centimeters (49.2 to 61.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) channery silty clay; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium faint and 15 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) medium faint mottles; moderate medium angular blocky parts to weak fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky parts to weak very fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.0 fine high-continuity pores; 50 percent clay films; 15 percent by volume chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2023. continuous - phpvsfiid 635617; continuous - phpvsfiid 635617
    Bt5—155 to 198 centimeters (61.0 to 78.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; 15 percent olive (5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky parts to weak fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky parts to weak very fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.0 fine high-continuity pores; 50 percent clay films; 5 percent by volume chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2024. continuous - phpvsfiid 635618; continuous - phpvsfiid 635618
    Bt6—198 to 241 centimeters (78.0 to 94.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; 15 percent olive (5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky parts to weak fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky parts to weak very fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.0 fine high-continuity pores; 50 percent clay films; 5 percent by volume chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5. Lab sample # KY2025. continuous - phpvsfiid 635619; continuous - phpvsfiid 635619