IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Philo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 85KY-095-001
  • User Pedon ID: 85KY-095-001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 85KY-095-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 85KY-095-001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46755
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 36.7978554
  • Std. Longitude: -83.2023773
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Crummies Creek about 7.5 miles SE of Harlan. KY Coordinates: X: 2,745,800 feet, Y: 179,050 feet.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY095—Harlan
  • 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, and Childress
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Fluvaquentic Dystrudepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Philo
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Philo
  • Classificaton Date - 8/26/1985
  • 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: 8/26/1985 (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

    DAGL

    LOAR10

    TRPR2

    Dactylis glomerata

    Lolium arundinaceum

    Trifolium pratense

    orchardgrass

    tall fescue

    red clover

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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); brown (10YR 4/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2837
    Bw1—23 to 50 centimeters (9.1 to 19.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint organic stains on all faces of peds and 10 percent faint organic stains on surfaces along pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2838
    Bw2—50 to 62 centimeters (19.7 to 24.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; 15 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium distinct and 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent faint organic stains on surfaces along pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2839
    C1—62 to 84 centimeters (24.4 to 33.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) extremely gravelly sandy loam; 15 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium distinct and 15 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive parts to weak fine granular; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 15 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings around rock fragments; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2840
    C2—84 to 114 centimeters (33.1 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy sand; 15 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) coarse distinct and 15 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; very friable; 0.0 fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2841
    C3—114 to 150 centimeters (44.9 to 59.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy sand; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) coarse prominent and 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # KY2842