IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shelbiana
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 85KY-013-003
  • User Pedon ID: 85KY-013-003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 85KY-013-003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 85KY-013-003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46748
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 36.7767448
  • Std. Longitude: -83.7298965
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Near Cumberland River about 2.1 miles NW of Pineville. KY Coordinate system: X: 2,591,500 feet, Y: 167,100 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, Craddock, Robbins, and Childress
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Palehumults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelbiana
  • PSC - 54 to 104 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

    LOAR10

    Lolium arundinaceum

    tall fescue

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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 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 50 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains on all faces of peds; 40 percent worm casts; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2786
    A—28 to 54 centimeters (11.0 to 21.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 50 percent worm casts; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2787
    Bt1—54 to 87 centimeters (21.3 to 34.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on surfaces along pores and 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on all faces of peds; 10 percent worm casts; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2788
    Bt2—87 to 122 centimeters (34.3 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on surfaces along pores and 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2789
    Bt3—122 to 148 centimeters (48.0 to 58.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.0 fine roots; 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2790
    BC—148 to 180 centimeters (58.3 to 70.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.0 fine roots; 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # KY2791