IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Combs
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 77KY193 Combs-OSD
  • User Pedon ID: 77KY193 Combs-OSD
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 77KY-193-006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46652
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 37.3322792
  • Std. Longitude: -83.3565445
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: near the mouth of Oldhouse Branch on the North Fork of the Kentucky River; about 1.3 miles south of Chavies.
  • Map Unit: Co—Combs loam
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY193—Perry
  • MLRA: 125—Cumberland Plateau and Mountains
  • Regional Office: 6—Morgantown, WV
  • 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-C3—Krypton, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Raymond Hayes
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Fluventic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Combs (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Combs
  • Classificaton Date - 1/29/2008
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy alluvium
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for brief periods begining in dec
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Alluvium formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/29/2008 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—58

    58—203

    —58—

    —145—
    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

    2

    —

    —

    243.8

    —

    1246

    —

    197

    13.5

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    KY4202

    Jackson WSO AP

    coop
    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; 1 percent worm casts; 2 percent by volume 20-35-50 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2156
    A—20 to 58 centimeters (7.9 to 22.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; 1 percent worm casts; 4 percent by volume 20-35-50 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2157
    Bw1—58 to 112 centimeters (22.8 to 44.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; coats on surfaces along pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2158. continuous - phpvsfiid 389459; continuous - phpvsfiid 389459
    Bw2—112 to 163 centimeters (44.1 to 64.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; coats on surfaces along pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2159. continuous - phpvsfiid 389538; continuous - phpvsfiid 389538
    Bw3—163 to 203 centimeters (64.2 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; 3.0 fine pores; coats on surfaces along pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KY2160. continuous - phpvsfiid 389539; continuous - phpvsfiid 389539