IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rossmoyne
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 80KY-223-028
  • User Pedon ID: 80KY-223-028
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 80KY-223-028
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 80KY-223-028
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46695
  • Print Date: 2/3/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 2 miles SW of Milton and 2 miles west of US Hwy 421; 2,000 feet N or KY Hwy 1255 and 50 feet W of farm lane. X: 1,667,200 feet, Y: 445,600 feet.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY223—Trimble
  • MLRA: 121—Kentucky Bluegrass
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 18-4—Frankfort, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY622—Henry and Trimble Counties, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Carl W. Hail
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rossmoyne
  • PSC - 41 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rossmoyne
  • Classificaton Date - 5/21/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/21/1980 (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

    Lolium arundinaceum

    tall fescue

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

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    58 - 137

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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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; weak medium granular, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2463
    BA—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 1 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine faint and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 0.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2464
    Bt—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint and 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 30 percent clay films; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2465
    2Btx1—58 to 89 centimeters (22.8 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 5 percent by volume quartz fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2466
    2Btx2—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) coarse distinct mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 8 percent by volume quartz fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2467
    2Btx3—114 to 137 centimeters (44.9 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) coarse distinct mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 8 percent by volume quartz fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2468
    3BC1—137 to 170 centimeters (53.9 to 66.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium faint and 15 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 2 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2469
    3BC2—170 to 208 centimeters (66.9 to 81.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; weak subangular blocky parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent iron-manganese concretions and 30 percent masses of reduced iron; 2 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter chert fragments. Lab sample # KY2470