IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Baxter
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 87KY-163-002
  • User Pedon ID: 87KY-163-002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 87KY-163-002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46778
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 37.9150620
  • Std. Longitude: -86.0641327
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 500 feet S of a gravel road; 3,000 feet W of Fort Knox; about 2 miles S of Licksillet.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY163—Meade
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 18-4—Frankfort, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY607—Breckinridge and Meade Counties, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37086-H1—Rock Haven, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Baxter
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Baxter
  • Classificaton Date - 5/12/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Thin loess over reworked pedisediment over residuum
  • Landscape: upland
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/12/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: grass and weeds
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 8 percent by volume rounded 19-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume angular 19-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3003
    Bt1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) gravelly silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 50 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 9 percent by volume angular 19-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume rounded 19-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3004
    Bt2—30 to 66 centimeters (11.8 to 26.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6); 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 50 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 7 percent by volume angular 19-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume rounded 19-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3005, KY3006. continuous - phpvsfiid 639070; continuous - phpvsfiid 639070
    Bt3—66 to 99 centimeters (26.0 to 39.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6); 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; strong fine angular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 50 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume angular 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume rounded 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3007. continuous - phpvsfiid 639071; continuous - phpvsfiid 639071
    Bt4—99 to 145 centimeters (39.0 to 57.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6); 40 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; strong medium angular blocky, and strong fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 50 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume angular 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume rounded 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3008. continuous - phpvsfiid 639072; continuous - phpvsfiid 639072
    Bt5—145 to 193 centimeters (57.1 to 76.0 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4); strong fine angular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic) and 50 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume rounded 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume angular 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3009. continuous - phpvsfiid 639073; continuous - phpvsfiid 639073
    Bt6—193 to 229 centimeters (76.0 to 90.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6); 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium prominent mottles; strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 30 percent slickensides (pedogenic) and 50 percent clay films; 5 percent by volume angular 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume rounded 2-?-76 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # KY3010. continuous - phpvsfiid 639075; continuous - phpvsfiid 639075