IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shelbyville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 80KY-161-001
  • User Pedon ID: 80KY-161-001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 80KY-161-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 80KY-161-001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46686
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 60 yards E of farm fence running SE to NW; 0.3 mile SW of junction of Tuckonia Road and Valley Pike Road; 2 miles N of junction of Valley Pike Road and KY Hwy 10; about 6 miles west of Maysville, KY. X: 2,106,800 feet, Y: 434,000 feet.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY161—Mason
  • MLRA: 121—Kentucky Bluegrass
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 18-4—Frankfort, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY161—Mason County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H.H. Bailey, Glenn Kelley, and Steve Jacobs
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Humic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelbyville
  • PSC - 61 to 111 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelbyville
  • Classificaton Date - 6/9/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Loess and Residuum from Grant Lake limestone
  • Landscape: upland
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/9/1980 (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

    POA

    TRIFO

    Lolium arundinaceum

    Poa

    Trifolium

    tall fescue

    bluegrass

    clover

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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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    2

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    Ap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2392
    Ap2—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2393
    A/B—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2394
    BA—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2395. patchy - phpvsfiid 638254; patchy - phpvsfiid 638254
    Bt1—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2396. patchy - phpvsfiid 638255; patchy - phpvsfiid 638255
    Bt2—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2397. continuous - phpvsfiid 638256; continuous - phpvsfiid 638256
    2Bt3—102 to 119 centimeters (40.2 to 46.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2398. continuous - phpvsfiid 638257; continuous - phpvsfiid 638257
    2Bt4—119 to 137 centimeters (46.9 to 53.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2399. continuous - phpvsfiid 638258; continuous - phpvsfiid 638258
    2Bt5—137 to 157 centimeters (53.9 to 61.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2400. continuous - phpvsfiid 638259; continuous - phpvsfiid 638259
    2Bt6—157 to 198 centimeters (61.8 to 78.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2401. continuous - phpvsfiid 638260; continuous - phpvsfiid 638260
    2BC—198 to 229 centimeters (78.0 to 90.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct and 15 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films; fragments. Lab sample # KY2402. patchy - phpvsfiid 638261; patchy - phpvsfiid 638261