IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sonora
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 79KY-213-001
  • User Pedon ID: 79KY-213-001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 79KY-213-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 79KY-213-001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46676
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 2.1 miles W of US 31W; about 4.1 miles N of Franklin. X: 1,748,750 feet, Y: 169,750 feet.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY213—Simpson
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-COO—Cookeville, Tennessee
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY213—Simpson County, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36086-G5—Woodburn, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John H. Newton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sonora
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sonora
  • Classificaton Date - 6/11/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or loamy residuum
  • Landscape: upland
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/11/1979 (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

    DAGL

    LOAR10

    Dactylis glomerata

    Lolium arundinaceum

    orchardgrass

    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    3

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2307
    Bt1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine pores; 15 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) silt coats and 30 percent clay films; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2308. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638359; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638359
    2Bt2—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 1.0 fine pores; 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay films; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2309
    2Bt3—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) loam; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; 30 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) clay films and 30 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/3) silt coats; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2310. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638362; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638362
    2Bt4—66 to 94 centimeters (26.0 to 37.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; 30 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay films and 30 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/3) silt coats; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2311. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638364; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638364
    3Bt5—94 to 130 centimeters (37.0 to 51.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) silty clay; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) medium distinct and 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse angular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate coarse angular blocky parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay films; 2 percent by volume 2-?-15 millimeter chert fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2312. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638366; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638366
    3Bt6—130 to 170 centimeters (51.2 to 66.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; 15 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium distinct and 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse angular blocky parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 50 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay films; fragments. Lab sample # KY2313. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638367; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638367
    3Bt7—170 to 203 centimeters (66.9 to 79.9 inches); clay; fragments. Lab sample # KY2314