IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Helechawa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 94KY-205-001
  • User Pedon ID: 94KY-205-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 94KY-205-001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47446
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Rowan County, KY; 2,450 feet southeast of benchmark number 733.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY205—Rowan
  • MLRA: 124—Western Allegheny Plateau
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 13-2—Huntington, West Virginia
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY645—Menifee and Rowan Counties, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38083-B4—Morehead, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Siliceous, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Helechawa
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Helechawa
  • Classificaton Date - 10/3/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from sandstone
  • Landscape: upland
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/3/1994 (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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    40

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3688
    A2—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sand; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3689
    Bw1—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3690
    Bw2—36 to 69 centimeters (14.2 to 27.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3691
    Bw3—69 to 114 centimeters (27.2 to 44.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3692
    BC—114 to 178 centimeters (44.9 to 70.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # KY3693