IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shelocta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985KY013005
  • User Pedon ID: 85KY013005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0059
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57864
  • 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: 36.7313881
  • Std. Longitude: -83.8286133
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Oat field Br; about 7 mi SE of Pineville, KY.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY013—Bell
  • MLRA: 125—Cumberland Plateau and Mountains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Berdanier, J. M. Robbins, J. D. Childress
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelocta
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • PSC - 19 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: mountains or deeply dissected plateaus
  • Landform: hillside or mountainside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.45 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1985 (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

    argillic horizon

    0—19

    19—116

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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

    55

    —

    —

    536

    —

    180

    —

    —

    —

    12

    —

    —

    12

    21

    4

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    O—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments.
    A—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior channery silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 very fine roots; 15 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. many very fine roots
    E—8 to 16 centimeters (3.1 to 6.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior channery silt loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; 15 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00281. common fine roots
    BC—16 to 24 centimeters (6.3 to 9.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior channery silt loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 2.5 fine roots; 15 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00282. common fine roots; few medium roots
    Bt1—24 to 50 centimeters (9.4 to 19.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior channery silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots; 20 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00283. few medium roots
    Bt2—50 to 84 centimeters (19.7 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior channery silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent black (N 2/0), moist, black stains on faces of peds and 37 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, skeletans on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00284. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on faces of peds; few black stains surface features on faces of peds; few medium roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219639; patchy - phpvsfiid 219641; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219640; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219639; patchy - phpvsfiid 219641; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219640
    2Bt3—84 to 121 centimeters (33.1 to 47.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots; 37 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, skeletans on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00285. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on faces of peds; few medium roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219642; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219643; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219642; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 219643
    2BC—121 to 165 centimeters (47.6 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots; 37 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, skeletans on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on faces of peds; few medium roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231142; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231143; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231142; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231143