IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Trappist
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991KY135002
  • User Pedon ID: 91KY135002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0502
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63544
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 38.6291656
  • Std. Longitude: -83.5136108
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Lewis County, KY; Atlas Sheet 7B, about 6 miles NE of Tollesboro, about 1000 feet NE of intersection of KY-57 and Quick Run Rd., about 1,350 feet of Sulfur Knob lookout tower, and 100 feet from barn along farm road
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY135—Lewis

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S.Jacobs, D. Dotson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Trappist
  • Taxonomic Class - Typic Hapludults
  • PSC - 25 to 152 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P02876. common fine and medium roots
    E—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02877. few coarse roots; many fine and medium roots
    Bt1—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 2.5 fine roots; 37 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P02878. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few medium and coarse roots; common fine roots
    Bt2—28 to 53 centimeters (11.0 to 20.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 15 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P02879. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few medium and coarse roots
    Bt3—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 coarse roots; 15 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P02880. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few coarse roots
    BC—66 to 74 centimeters (26.0 to 29.1 inches); red (2.5YR 5/8) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) channery clay; 11 percent pale red (2.5YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine to coarse roots; 2 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 20 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P02881. very few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine to coarse roots; common medium distinct 2.5YR62 mottles
    C—74 to 84 centimeters (29.1 to 33.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) extremely channery clay; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium prominent and 11 percent light gray (5Y 7/1) medium prominent mottles; strong medium platy structure; very firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films on rock fragments; 70 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P02882. few clay films surface features on rock fragments; few fine and medium roots; common medium prominent 10YR46 mottles; common medium prominent 5Y71 mottles
    Cr—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) extremely channery clay; strong medium platy structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 99 percent by volume 2-76-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P02883. Cr-roots between shale layers greater than 4 inches apart; platy structure is that of weathered shale; few fine roots
    R—107 to 117 centimeters (42.1 to 46.1 inches); fragments. R-consists of layered black fissile shale