IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Boonesboro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 93KY-239-008
  • User Pedon ID: 93KY-239-008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 93KY-239-008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 93KY-239-008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47412
  • Print Date: 5/10/2025

    • LOCATION

  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY239—Woodford
  • MLRA: 121—Kentucky Bluegrass
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 18-4—Frankfort, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY624—Jessamine and Woodford Counties, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Jacobs
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Boonesboro
  • PSC - 36 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Boonesboro
  • Classificaton Date - 7/20/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Bedrock: indurated limestone, unspecified at 61cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/20/1993 (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

    TRRE3

    Lolium arundinaceum

    Trifolium repens

    tall fescue

    white clover

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

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    61 -

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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

    1

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    A—0 to 36 centimeters (0.0 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3491
    Bt—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume chert fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3492
    R—61 centimeters (24.0 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # KY3493