IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Frankstown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 83KY-155-003
  • User Pedon ID: 83KY-155-003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 83KY-155-003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46721
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: About 7.5 miles SW of Lebanon; 0.7 miles SE of the junction of KY Hwy 412 and Gault Hollow Rd. KCS: X: 2,111,150 feet, Y: 425,500 feet.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY155—Marion
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 18-4—Frankfort, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY155—Marion County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: William H. Craddock, John M. Robbins, Jr., et al.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Frankstown
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Frankstown
  • Classificaton Date - 6/7/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from shale and siltstone
  • Landscape: upland
  • Bedrock: weakly coherent shale and siltstone at 104cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/7/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: weeds and tree seedlings
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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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    bedrock, paralithic

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    Setting and Climate
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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots; 3 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume chert fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2619
    E—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots; 7 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume chert fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2620
    Bt1—23 to 56 centimeters (9.1 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) gravelly silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 7 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume chert fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2621
    Bt2—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) very channery silty clay loam; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse prominent mottles; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats and 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments and 25 percent by volume chert fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2622
    BC—84 to 104 centimeters (33.1 to 40.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) very channery silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume chert fragments and 20 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2623
    Cr—104 to 127 centimeters (40.9 to 50.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # KY2624