IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Baxter
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 87KY163001
  • User Pedon ID: 87KY163001
  • User Site Association ID: 1992KY163001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 87KY-163-003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46777
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 37.9138889
  • Std. Longitude: -86.0625000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: In Meade County; about 2 miles south of Lickskillet on Kentucky Highway 1238, about 1300 feet east on Pack Lane, and 800 feet south of the lane; in a cultivated field; soil map sheet 26.
  • Map Unit: BaD2—Baxter very gravelly silt loam, karst, 12 to 20 percent slopes, eroded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY163—Meade
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal
  • Regional Office: 18obsolete—Lexington, KY
  • 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

  • Describers Name: Jim Haagen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Baxter
  • PSC - 13 to 63 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vertrees
  • Classificaton Date - 5/13/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey residuum weathered from cherty limestone
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Position: on a slope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: St. Louis Limestone member of the St. Louis Limestone formation in the Meramec group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/13/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 28
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • 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—13

    13—246

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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

    16

    23

    —

    215

    —

    320

    1229

    —

    184

    12.5

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) very gravelly silt loam; 9 percent sand; 68 percent silt; 23 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium granular structure; firm; 2.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 20 percent by volume angular 2-?-19 millimeter chert fragments and 24 percent by volume angular 19-?-76 millimeter chert fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3011; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) gravelly silty clay; 7 percent sand; 51 percent silt; 42 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 fine roots throughout; 25 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 7 percent by volume angular 2-?-19 millimeter chert fragments and 16 percent by volume angular 19-?-76 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3012; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) gravelly clay; 6 percent sand; 38 percent silt; 56 percent clay; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.8 fine roots; 25 percent distinct reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 25 percent prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, silt coats on horizontal faces of peds; 5 percent by volume angular 2-?-19 millimeter chert fragments and 24 percent by volume angular 19-?-76 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3013; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 278544; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 278544
    Bt3—51 to 94 centimeters (20.1 to 37.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) gravelly clay; 7 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 66 percent clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 25 percent prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, silt coats on horizontal faces of peds and 50 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 8 percent by volume angular 2-?-19 millimeter chert fragments and 11 percent by volume 19-?-76 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3014; moist when described; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 278538; continuous - phpvsfiid 278538
    Bt4—94 to 140 centimeters (37.0 to 55.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) gravelly clay; 9 percent sand; 24 percent silt; 67 percent clay; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 25 percent prominent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, silt coats on horizontal faces of peds and 50 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 26 percent by volume angular 2-?-76 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3015; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bt5—140 to 180 centimeters (55.1 to 70.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) gravelly clay; 4 percent sand; 24 percent silt; 72 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 1 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent prominent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, silt coats and 50 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular 76-?-150 millimeter chert fragments and 25 percent by volume angular 2-?-76 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3016; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 278547; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 278547
    Bt6—180 to 246 centimeters (70.9 to 96.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) gravelly clay; 4 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 65 percent clay; moderate coarse columnar parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on vertical faces of peds and 50 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds and 50 percent prominent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, silt coats; 3 percent by volume subangular 76-?-150 millimeter chert fragments and 20 percent by volume angular 2-?-76 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5. Lab sample # KY3017; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 278548; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 278548