IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sharondale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 77KY-131-002
  • User Pedon ID: 77KY-131-002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 77KY-131-002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 77KY-131-002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46646
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 1000 feet south of Hwy Garage 1.5 miles on Hyden Spur west of Hyden. X: 2,682,650 feet, Y: 312,200 feet. Head of Asher Branch.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY131—Leslie
  • MLRA: 125—Cumberland Plateau and Mountains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-LON—London, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY633—Leslie and Perry Counties, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37083-B3—Hyden East, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John H. Newton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sharondale
  • PSC - 43 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sharondale
  • Classificaton Date - 6/14/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from sandstone and shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: mountain, cove
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/14/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree 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

    ACER

    CERCI2

    CORNU

    LITU

    NYSY

    VITIS

    Acer

    Cercis

    Cornus

    Liriodendron tulipifera

    Nyssa sylvatica

    Vitis

    maple

    redbud

    dogwood

    tuliptree

    blackgum

    grape

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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

    55

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) gravelly silt loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine pores; 15 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-50 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2128
    A2—13 to 43 centimeters (5.1 to 16.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) gravelly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine pores; 20 percent by volume subangular 12-?-50 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2129
    Bt1—43 to 76 centimeters (16.9 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) channery clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 1.0 fine pores; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent clay films on rock fragments; 25 percent by volume 12-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2130. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635661; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635662; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635661; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635662
    Bt2—76 to 127 centimeters (29.9 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) channery clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 1.0 fine pores; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent clay films on rock fragments; 25 percent by volume 12-?-100 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2131. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635663; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635664; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635663; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635664
    Bt3—127 to 165 centimeters (50.0 to 65.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) channery clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine pores; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent by volume 12-?-200 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5. Lab sample # KY2132. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635665; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635665