IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cutshin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 77KY-193-004
  • User Pedon ID: 77KY-193-004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 77KY-193-004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 77KY-193-004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46648
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Head of Rockhouse Branch, 500 feet NW of Daniel Boone Parkway, near Leslie-Perry line. X: 2,702,850 feet, Y: 337,600 feet.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY193—Perry
  • 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: Glenn Kelley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cutshin
  • PSC - 46 to 96 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cutshin
  • Classificaton Date - 6/14/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from sandstone and siltstone
  • Landform: cove
  • Bedrock: weakly coherent siltstone, unspecified at 132cm
  • 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

    LITU

    Liriodendron tulipifera

    tuliptree

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

    bedrock, paralithic

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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

    50

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    A1—0 to 33 centimeters (0.0 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 10.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2144
    A2—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2145
    Bt1—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) channery silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots; 30 percent clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2146. patchy - phpvsfiid 635501; patchy - phpvsfiid 635501
    Bt2—66 to 102 centimeters (26.0 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) channery silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine faint mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots; 30 percent clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2147. patchy - phpvsfiid 635502; patchy - phpvsfiid 635502
    BC—102 to 132 centimeters (40.2 to 52.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) channery silty clay loam; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 15 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine faint mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots; 10 percent clay films; 15 percent manganese masses; 30 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2148. patchy - phpvsfiid 635503; patchy - phpvsfiid 635503
    Cr—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # KY2149