IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Combs
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 81KY-189-001
  • User Pedon ID: 81KY-189-001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 81KY-189-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 81KY-189-001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46703
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: X: 2,602,150 feet, Y: 414,200 feet. About 1.9 miles south of Booneville on KY Hwy 11; thence, due east 1500 feet; near center of floodplain; on south side and adjacent to property line fence.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY189—Owsley
  • 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: 37083-D6—Booneville, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Glenn Kelley, et al.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Fluventic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Combs
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Combs
  • Classificaton Date - 6/3/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from sandstone and shale and/or alluvium derived from siltstone
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/3/1981 (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

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2522
    A—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; weak medium granular, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2523
    AB—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) loam; weak medium granular, and moderate subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2524
    Bw1—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) organic stains; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2525
    Bw2—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent brown (10YR 4/3) silt coats; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2526. patchy - phpvsfiid 635488; patchy - phpvsfiid 635488
    Bw3—107 to 130 centimeters (42.1 to 51.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2527
    Bw4—130 to 163 centimeters (51.2 to 64.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent brown (10YR 4/3) silt coats; fragments. Lab sample # KY2528. continuous - phpvsfiid 635489; continuous - phpvsfiid 635489