IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Highsplint
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 89KY-115-001
  • User Pedon ID: 89KY-115-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 89KY-115-001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46801
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: At the head of Cane Branch; 2.7 miles NW of Oil Springs; 3,500 feet south of the confluence of Cane Branch and Paintsville Lake.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY115—Johnson
  • MLRA: 125—Cumberland Plateau and Mountains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-LON—London, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY639—Floyd and Johnson Counties, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37082-G8—Oil Springs, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Highsplint
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Highsplint
  • Classificaton Date - 6/9/1989
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/9/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3154
    Bw1—13 to 41 centimeters (5.1 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) gravelly loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3155
    Bw2—41 to 71 centimeters (16.1 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) very gravelly loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3156
    Bw3—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) very gravelly loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3157
    Bw4—102 to 132 centimeters (40.2 to 52.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) gravelly loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 1.0 fine tubular pores; 25 percent silt coats on all faces of peds and 25 percent silt coats on rock fragments and 25 percent silt coats on surfaces along root channels; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3158
    BC—132 to 183 centimeters (52.0 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) gravelly loam; 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.0 fine tubular pores; fragments. Lab sample # KY3159