IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Allen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 89KY-053-005
  • User Pedon ID: 89KY-053-005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 89KY-053-005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 89KY-053-005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46786
  • Print Date: 4/3/2025

    • 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: 36.6695251
  • Std. Longitude: -85.0271530
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1.4 miles N of Beach Bottom Church; off KY Hwy 415; up McIver Creek.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY053—Clinton
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-COO—Cookeville, Tennessee
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY053—Clinton County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Richardson and J. Fehr
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Typic Paleudults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Allen
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Allen
  • Classificaton Date - 5/10/1989
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from sandstone and shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/10/1989 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    8

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; 3 percent by volume 2-?-25 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3059
    Bt1—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 2-?-25 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3060
    Bt2—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 2-?-25 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3061
    Bt3—58 to 84 centimeters (22.8 to 33.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay loam; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 15 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 6 percent by volume 2-?-25 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3062
    Bt4—84 to 114 centimeters (33.1 to 44.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) clay loam; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 50 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-?-50 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3063
    Bt5—114 to 142 centimeters (44.9 to 55.9 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) clay loam; 30 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) medium prominent mottles; strong fine subangular blocky, and strong medium subangular blocky, and strong fine angular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 50 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 2-?-50 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3064
    Bt6—142 to 183 centimeters (55.9 to 72.0 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) clay loam; 30 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) medium prominent mottles; strong fine angular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky, and strong fine subangular blocky, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 50 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 75-?-200 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments.