IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Matewan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983KY195014
  • User Pedon ID: 83KY195014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0646
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 52883
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 37.4922218
  • Std. Longitude: -82.2391663
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Pike County, KY Dicks Knob.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY195—Pike
  • MLRA: 125—Cumberland Plateau and Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J A Kelley and M Horvath
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Matewan
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Typic Dystrochrepts
  • PSC - 25 to 94 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1983
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 32.50 percent
  • 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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—12

    12—77

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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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    70

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    503

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    180

    114

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    Oi—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); undecomposed organic matter; fragments. Hardwood litter.
    A—2 to 14 centimeters (0.8 to 5.5 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior loam; very friable; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03187
    Bw1—14 to 29 centimeters (5.5 to 11.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior channery loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03188
    Bw2—29 to 57 centimeters (11.4 to 22.4 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior channery sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03189
    Bw3—57 to 79 centimeters (22.4 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior channery sandy loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct and 11 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03190. Horizon saturated when described.; common medium distinct 7.5YR58 mottles; common medium distinct 2.5Y64 mottles
    C—79 to 96 centimeters (31.1 to 37.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior very channery loam; very friable; 30 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 40 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03191. 10% rock fragments > 25cm.
    R—96 to 100 centimeters (37.8 to 39.4 inches); unweathered bedrock; fragments. Sandstone.