IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tilsit
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 76KY-217-008
  • User Pedon ID: 76KY-217-008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 76KY-217-008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 76KY-217-008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46642
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024
  • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 50 yards N of KY Hwy 337; 1.5 miles NE of Mansville; about 10 miles E of Campbellsville.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY217—Taylor
  • 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: J.H. Newton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tilsit
  • PSC - 23 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tilsit
  • Classificaton Date - 7/17/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from limestone and shale and/or colluvium derived from siltstone
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/17/1976 (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

    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    71 -

    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

    3

    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 fine roots; 3 percent by volume 12-?-50 millimeter chert fragments and 3 percent by volume 12-?-50 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2104
    Bt1—23 to 51 centimeters (9.1 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; 10 percent clay films; 3 percent by volume 12-?-50 millimeter chert fragments and 3 percent by volume 12-?-50 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2105. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635557; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635557
    Bt2—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) gravelly silt loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; 10 percent clay films and 30 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt coats on all faces of peds and 30 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt coats on rock fragments; 13 percent by volume 12-?-50 millimeter chert fragments and 13 percent by volume 12-?-50 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2106. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635560; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635560
    Btx1—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium faint and 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium faint mottles; weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak fine angular blocky, and weak very coarse prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 0.0 fine pores; 30 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats on all faces of peds and 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 12-?-50 millimeter chert fragments and 3 percent by volume 12-?-50 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2107. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635562; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635562
    Btx2—97 to 147 centimeters (38.2 to 57.9 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) silty clay loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct and 1 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; 0.0 fine pores; 30 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) silt coats on all faces of peds and 50 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 12-?-50 millimeter chert fragments and 5 percent by volume 12-?-50 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2108
    Btx3—147 to 193 centimeters (57.9 to 76.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) silty clay loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct and 1 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; 0.0 fine pores; 30 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) silt coats on all faces of peds and 50 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 12-?-50 millimeter chert fragments and 1 percent by volume 12-?-50 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2109
    Bx—193 to 244 centimeters (76.0 to 96.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 30 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) silt coats; fragments. Lab sample # KY2110