IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shelocta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 76KY-217-010
  • User Pedon ID: 76KY-217-010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 76KY-217-010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 76KY-217-010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46644
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 500 yards N of Barney School Road; 2.25 miles W of KY Hwy 337; about 6 miles N of Mansville, and about 15 miles east 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-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelocta
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelocta
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/1976
  • 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
  • Landscape: upland
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/27/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - shrub 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

    ANVI2

    RHUS

    THUJA

    Andropogon virginicus

    Rhus

    Thuja

    broomsedge bluestem

    sumac

    arborvitae

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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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    20

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 fine roots; 8 percent by volume 12-?-50 millimeter chert fragments and 8 percent by volume 12-?-50 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 12-?-50 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2116
    BA—10 to 33 centimeters (3.9 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) gravelly silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine pores; 8 percent by volume 12-?-50 millimeter chert fragments and 8 percent by volume 12-?-50 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 12-?-50 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2117
    Bt1—33 to 66 centimeters (13.0 to 26.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 1.0 fine pores; 50 percent clay films; 2 percent by volume 12-?-50 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2118
    2Bt2—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) gravelly silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; 10 percent clay films; 12 percent by volume 12-?-50 millimeter chert fragments and 12 percent by volume 12-?-50 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume 12-?-50 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2119
    2Bt3—86 to 112 centimeters (33.9 to 44.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine faint and 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine faint mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; 30 percent clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2120
    2Bt4—112 to 163 centimeters (44.1 to 64.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silty clay; 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct and 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; 50 percent clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2121
    2BC—163 to 203 centimeters (64.2 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silty clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 10 percent clay films; fragments. Lab sample # KY2122