IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Yosemite
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 87KY-045-003
  • User Pedon ID: 87KY-045-003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 87KY-045-003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 87KY-045-003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46773
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 0.8 miles N of intersection of KY Hwy 635 & 70; 200 feet N of Ford across Russell Creek, 75 yards E of road; about 18 miles E of Liberty.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY045—Casey
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 18-4—Frankfort, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY045—Casey County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H.S. Evans, O.J. Whitaker, and J.P. Fehr
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, nonacid, mesic Aeric Fluvaquents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Yosemite
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Yosemite
  • Classificaton Date - 5/8/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from sandstone
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/8/1987 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 33 percent by volume sedimentary, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2974
    Bw—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very gravelly silt loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 37 percent by volume sedimentary, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2975
    Bg1—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) extremely gravelly sandy clay loam; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 65 percent by volume sedimentary, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2976
    Bg2—58 to 78 centimeters (22.8 to 30.7 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) extremely gravelly sandy clay loam; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 80 percent by volume sedimentary, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2977
    Cg1—78 to 109 centimeters (30.7 to 42.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) extremely gravelly clay loam; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; structureless single grain; loose; 10 percent organic stains; 84 percent by volume sedimentary, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # KY2978
    Cg2—109 to 163 centimeters (42.9 to 64.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) extremely gravelly sandy clay loam; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; structureless single grain; loose; 83 percent by volume sedimentary, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # KY2979