IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shelbiana
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 85KY-013-001
  • User Pedon ID: 85KY-013-001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 85KY-013-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 85KY-013-001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46746
  • 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: 36.7720222
  • Std. Longitude: -83.7198944
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Near Cumberland River about 1.5 miles NW of Pineville. X: 2,594,500 feet, Y: 165,600 feet.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY013—Bell
  • MLRA: 125—Cumberland Plateau and Mountains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-LON—London, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY638—Bell and Harlan Counties, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Karathanasis, Robbins, Craddock, and Childress
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Palehumults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelbiana
  • PSC - 37 to 87 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelbiana
  • Classificaton Date - 8/27/1985
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/27/1985 (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

    AMBRO

    VERNO

    Ambrosia

    Vernonia

    ragweed

    ironweed

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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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2775
    A—23 to 37 centimeters (9.1 to 14.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots; 30 percent faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains on all faces of peds; 30 percent worm casts; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2776
    Bt1—37 to 58 centimeters (14.6 to 22.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) organic stains on all faces of peds; 20 percent worm casts; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2777
    Bt2—58 to 84 centimeters (22.8 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains on surfaces along pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2778
    Bt3—84 to 114 centimeters (33.1 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.0 fine roots; 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) organic stains on surfaces along pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2779
    BC—114 to 180 centimeters (44.9 to 70.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.0 fine roots; 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) organic stains on surfaces along pores; fragments. Lab sample # KY2780