IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fedscreek
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 83KY195 Fedscreek-OSD
  • User Pedon ID: 83KY195 Fedscreek-OSD
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 83KY195 Fedscreek-OSD
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0650
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 52887
  • Print Date: 12/5/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 37.4772222
  • Std. Longitude: -82.3875000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Typical pedon of Fedscreek channery loam in Pike County, KY; in an area of FmF—Fedscreek-Marrowbone-Dekalb complex, 30 to 80 percent slopes, very stony; about 7.2 miles south of Zebulon, KY and about 1 mile east of the confluence of Slones Fork and Morrison Branch in the head of Raccoon Creek; USGS Millard, KY 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle. On Soil Survey Atlas Map Sheet #10.
  • Map Unit: FmF—Fedscreek-Marrowbone-Dekalb complex, 30 to 80 percent slopes, very stony
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY195—Pike
  • MLRA: 125—Cumberland Plateau and Mountains
  • Regional Office: 6—Morgantown, WV
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-LON—London, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY195—Pike County, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37082-D4—Millard, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John Kelley & M. Horvath
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fedscreek (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/19/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Levisa
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy colluvium derived from sandstone and siltstone
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: indurated sandstone and siltstone at 165cm
  • Geology: Pikeville Formation formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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

    CARYA

    QUERC

    Carya

    Quercus

    hybrid hickory

    oak

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    —

    —

    —

    —

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

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    165 - 190

    - 25 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—9

    9—122

    —9—

    —113—
    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    67

    —

    —

    463.3

    —

    315

    1132

    —

    188

    14.5

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    156353

    PIKEVILLE

    SA COOP
    A—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior channery loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable; 6.0 medium roots throughout and 7.0 fine roots throughout; 4 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 75-140-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 17 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 5-40-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03206; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BA—9 to 21 centimeters (3.5 to 8.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior channery silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 75-140-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 13 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 5-40-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03207; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—21 to 42 centimeters (8.3 to 16.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior channery loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 75-140-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 5-40-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03208; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—42 to 76 centimeters (16.5 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior channery loam; 30 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.8 fine roots throughout; 3 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 75-140-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 5-40-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03209; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw3—76 to 100 centimeters (29.9 to 39.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior channery loam; 20 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 75-140-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 5-40-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03210; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw4—100 to 122 centimeters (39.4 to 48.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior channery loam; 30 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.7 medium roots throughout and 0.8 fine roots throughout and 0.4 coarse roots throughout; 2 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 75-140-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 5-40-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03211; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C1—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior very channery loam; 60 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) medium prominent mottles; massive; firm; 0.8 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 75-140-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 29 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 5-40-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03212; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C2—152 to 165 centimeters (59.8 to 65.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior very channery silt loam; 60 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) medium prominent mottles; massive; firm; 0.8 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-4-5 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 75-140-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 21 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 5-40-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03213; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    R—165 to 190 centimeters (65.0 to 74.8 inches); unweathered bedrock; fragments.; observed in pit, small