IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sango
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 79KY-213-006
  • User Pedon ID: 79KY-213-006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 79KY-213-006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 79KY-213-006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46680
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 333 feet E of Allen Road; 0.4 mile S of the intersection of Allen and Robey Road; 1.6 miles E of the intersection of KY Hwy 73 and Robey Road and approximately 2.25 miles NE of Franklin, KY.
  • 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

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Arlin J. Barton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Glossic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sango
  • PSC - 13 to 63 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/21/2013
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sango
  • Classificaton Date - 6/12/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from limestone
  • Landscape: upland
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/12/1979 (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

    LOAR10

    TRIFO

    Lolium arundinaceum

    Trifolium

    tall fescue

    clover

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

    fragipan

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    46 - 150

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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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2342
    Bt1—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots; 30 percent clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2343
    Bt2—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4) silt loam; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 15 percent silt coats on all faces of peds and 30 percent clay films; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2344
    Btx1—46 to 81 centimeters (18.1 to 31.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct and 15 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium distinct mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 15 percent white (10YR 8/1) silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2345
    Btx2—81 to 119 centimeters (31.9 to 46.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 15 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium distinct mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; 0.0 fine pores; 15 percent white (10YR 8/1) silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2346
    Btx3—119 to 150 centimeters (46.9 to 59.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silt loam; 15 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct and 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; 0.0 fine pores; 15 percent white (10YR 8/1) silt coats on all faces of peds and 30 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2347
    2Bt—150 to 183 centimeters (59.1 to 72.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; strong medium angular blocky, and strong coarse angular blocky, and strong medium subangular blocky, and strong coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent white (10YR 8/1) silt coats on all faces of peds and 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments. Lab sample # KY2348