IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Canmer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 78KY-121-006
  • User Pedon ID: 78KY-121-006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 78KY-121-006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 78KY-121-006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46661
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 400 feet west of old US 25E and 800 feet east of new US 25E on Little Richland Creek; 0.25 mile north of Heidrick; Heidrick Quadrangle; x: 2,546,300 feet y: 206,750 feet.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY121—Knox
  • MLRA: 125—Cumberland Plateau and Mountains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-LON—London, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY627—Knox and Eastern Part of Whitley Counties, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36083-H8—Heidrick, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Fred S. Arms
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Canmer
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Canmer
  • Classificaton Date - 6/13/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Alluvium, or mixed alluvium and colluvium
  • Landform: terrace
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/13/1978 (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

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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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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2221
    Bt1—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent clay films; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2222
    Bt2—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots; 30 percent clay films; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2223
    Bt3—64 to 99 centimeters (25.2 to 39.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots; 10 percent clay films; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2224
    BC1—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2225
    BC2—122 to 140 centimeters (48.0 to 55.1 inches); silt loam; fragments. Lab sample # KY2226
    C—140 to 163 centimeters (55.1 to 64.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium and 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine and 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium and 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine mottles; structureless massive; friable; 1 percent fine mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0. Lab sample # KY2227