IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rossmoyne
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 95KY-015-005
  • User Pedon ID: 95KY-015-005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 95KY-015-005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47453
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Kinman's farm, KY Hwy 18; east of Burlington, KY.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY015—Boone
  • MLRA: 121—Kentucky Bluegrass
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 18-4—Frankfort, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY603—Boone, Campbell, and Kenton Counties, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: K. Collins and A.D. Karathanasis
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rossmoyne
  • PSC - 32 to 49 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/17/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rossmoyne
  • Classificaton Date - 5/5/1995
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Residuum (loess over calcareous glacial till)
  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/5/1995 (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
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

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    49 - 98

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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
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    Ap—0 to 19 centimeters (0.0 to 7.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak granular structure; friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3731
    BA—19 to 32 centimeters (7.5 to 12.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3732
    Bt—32 to 49 centimeters (12.6 to 19.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3733
    Btx1—49 to 64 centimeters (19.3 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak prismatic structure; very firm; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3734
    Btx2—64 to 98 centimeters (25.2 to 38.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak prismatic structure; very firm; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3735
    2Bt1—98 to 120 centimeters (38.6 to 47.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3736
    2Bt2—120 to 146 centimeters (47.2 to 57.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; moderate subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments. Lab sample # KY3737