IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Routon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 93KY-083-011
  • User Pedon ID: 93KY-083-011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 93KY-083-011
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47402
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 36.8334167
  • Std. Longitude: -88.6217500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 5.8 miles north of Mayfield, KY; 1.5 miles northeast of Hickory on the John Green farm.
  • Map Unit: RtA—Routon silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY083—Graves
  • MLRA: 134—Southern Mississippi Valley Loess
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-MIL—Milan, Tennessee
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY083—Graves County, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36088-G5—Westplains, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A.D. Karathanasis, R. Toor, M. Zhang, J. McIntosh, and P. Prawito
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, active, thermic Typic Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Routon
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Routon
  • Classificaton Date - 5/26/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/26/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • 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 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silt loam; 30 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) faint mottles; weak granular, and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3437
    Eg—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silt loam; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) distinct and 30 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3438
    Bg1—25 to 65 centimeters (9.8 to 25.6 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) mottles; medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3439
    Bg2—65 to 120 centimeters (25.6 to 47.2 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) faint and 1 percent 7.5YR 2/ (7.5YR 2/ faint mottles; subangular blocky structure; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3440
    Bg3—120 to 145 centimeters (47.2 to 57.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) distinct mottles; subangular blocky structure; 15 percent manganese masses and 30 percent manganese coatings; fragments. Lab sample # KY3441