IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pricetown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 87KY-045-005
  • User Pedon ID: 87KY-045-005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 87KY-045-005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46775
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 37.2767372
  • Std. Longitude: -84.9640961
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 5 yards north of Farm Rd.; 500 yards west of KY Hwy 127; 0.5 miles south of Pricetown and 3 miles SW 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: Fine-loamy, siliceous, mesic Typic Paleudults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pricetown
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pricetown
  • Classificaton Date - 6/9/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Eolian from mixed material over residuum from limestone-siltstone material
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/9/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: Cropland
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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 17 centimeters (0.0 to 6.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 0.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2989
    A/B—17 to 33 centimeters (6.7 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2990
    Bt1—33 to 55 centimeters (13.0 to 21.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam, silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2991. patchy - phpvsfiid 639153; patchy - phpvsfiid 639153
    Bt2—55 to 73 centimeters (21.7 to 28.7 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silty clay loam, silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent prominent clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2992. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 639154; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 639155; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 639154; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 639155
    2Bt3—73 to 92 centimeters (28.7 to 36.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; 30 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2993. continuous - phpvsfiid 639156; continuous - phpvsfiid 639156
    2Bt4—92 to 115 centimeters (36.2 to 45.3 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; 15 percent yellow (10YR 7/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2994. continuous - phpvsfiid 639157; continuous - phpvsfiid 639157
    2Bt5—115 to 161 centimeters (45.3 to 63.4 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) silty clay; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium prominent and 15 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) medium distinct and 15 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) coarse distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2995. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 639158; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 639158
    2Bt6—161 to 178 centimeters (63.4 to 70.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent and 30 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4) medium prominent and 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) coarse distinct and 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium platy parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # KY2996. continuous - phpvsfiid 639159; continuous - phpvsfiid 639159