IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sequoia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 81KY-109-001
  • User Pedon ID: 81KY-109-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 81KY-109-001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46697
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: X: 2,502,200 feet, Y: 368,000 feet (KY coordinate system south zone). About 2.65 miles south of McKee on KY Hwy 290, thence, 1.5 miles SW on US Forest Service Road # 19; thence NE about 0.28 mile on private road to head of hollow.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY109—Jackson
  • MLRA: 125—Cumberland Plateau and Mountains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-LON—London, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY623—Jackson and Owsley Counties, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37084-D1—Sandgap, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Glenn Kelley, John Robbins, et al.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sequoia
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sequoia
  • Classificaton Date - 5/18/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Located on linear/concave landform at head of hollow; formed from Shale member of the Breathitt formation
  • Bedrock: very weakly coherent shale, acid at 142cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/18/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: Mixed upland hardwoods and pines
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
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    Setting and Climate
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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; friable; 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2478
    AB—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2479
    Bt1—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2480. patchy - phpvsfiid 635659; patchy - phpvsfiid 635659
    Bt2—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silty clay; 1 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay films; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2481
    Bt3—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4) and gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2482
    BC—94 to 114 centimeters (37.0 to 44.9 inches); light gray (5YR 7/1) silty clay; 15 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak coarse platy structure; very firm; 10 percent by volume flat shale, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2483
    C—114 to 142 centimeters (44.9 to 55.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay; 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium distinct and 30 percent light gray (5YR 7/1) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; very firm; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2484
    Cr—142 to 178 centimeters (55.9 to 70.1 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # KY2485