IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Orrville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 92KY-031-038
  • User Pedon ID: 92KY-031-038
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 92KY-031-038
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46827
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 37.1890889
  • Std. Longitude: -86.7109361
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Butler County, KY; approximately 100 feet south of KY 79 and 2200 feet west of US 231 in bottom on the Thomas Ragland Farm.
  • Map Unit: Cn—Chagrin loam, frequently flooded
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY031—Butler
  • MLRA: 120A—Kentucky and Indiana Sandstone and Shale Hills and Valleys, Southern Part
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-OWN—Owensboro, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY609—Butler and Edmonson Counties, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37086-B6—Morgantown, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Michael Mitchell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, nonacid, mesic Oxyaquic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Orrville
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Orrville
  • Classificaton Date - 7/20/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: flood plain on valley
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for brief periods begining in nov
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/20/1992 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1

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    131.1

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    1323

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    172

    13.8

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    KY5097

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3301
    E—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3302
    Bw—28 to 71 centimeters (11.0 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; 15 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine distinct and 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3303
    Bg1—71 to 99 centimeters (28.0 to 39.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loam; 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3304
    Bg2—99 to 137 centimeters (39.0 to 53.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loam; 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) fine distinct and 15 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3305
    C1—137 to 185 centimeters (53.9 to 72.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sandy loam; structureless massive; firm; 1 percent manganese coatings; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3306
    C2—185 to 203 centimeters (72.8 to 79.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) sandy loam; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; firm; 10 percent manganese masses; fragments. Lab sample # KY3307