IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shelocta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 84KY-069-UK4
  • User Pedon ID: 84KY-069-UK4
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 84KY-069-UK4
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 84KY-069-UK4
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46738
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 38.4205856
  • Std. Longitude: -83.6129761
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Near Wallilngford.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY069—Fleming
  • MLRA: 124—Western Allegheny Plateau
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 13-2—Huntington, West Virginia
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY069—Fleming County, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38083-D5—Burtonville, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A.D. Karathanasis and Terry Sobecki
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelocta
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelocta
  • Classificaton Date - 6/9/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Colluvium over Bedford gray shale residuum
  • Landscape: upland
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/9/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree 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

    ACER

    CARYA

    QUERC

    TULIP

    Acer

    Carya

    Quercus

    Tulipa

    maple

    hybrid hickory

    oak

    tulip

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

    bedrock, paralithic

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    232 -

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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

    27

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; friable; 7 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2726
    BA—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2727
    Bt1—15 to 52 centimeters (5.9 to 20.5 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) channery silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5 percent by volume shale, acid fragments and 20 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2728
    BCt—52 to 82 centimeters (20.5 to 32.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) channery silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 27 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2729
    2Btb1—82 to 110 centimeters (32.3 to 43.3 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay; 15 percent red (2.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 2 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2730
    2Btb2—110 to 175 centimeters (43.3 to 68.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) silty clay; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 6 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2731
    2BCtb—175 to 197 centimeters (68.9 to 77.6 inches); light gray (5Y 7/1) silty clay; 15 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2732
    2CBb—197 to 232 centimeters (77.6 to 91.3 inches); light gray (5Y 7/1) silty clay; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2733
    2Cr—232 to 260 centimeters (91.3 to 102.4 inches); light gray (5Y 7/1) silty clay; 15 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) medium prominent mottles; weak fine platy structure; very firm; fragments.