IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Purdy
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 99KY-011-002
  • User Pedon ID: 99KY-011-002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 99KY-011-002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 99KY-011-002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47498
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Bath County, KY; update sheet 23T; about 1.9 miles S of the junction of US-60 and KY Hwy 211 in Bath Co.; about 0.8 mile E of KY Hwy 211 and Mud Lick Road; about 880 feet E of KY Hwy 211; and about 1200 feet SW of Salt Lick Creek.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY011—Bath
  • MLRA: 124—Western Allegheny Plateau
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 13-2—Huntington, West Virginia
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY011—Bath County, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38083-A5—Salt Lick, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Hines and S. Jacobs
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Typic Endoaquults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Purdy
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/17/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Purdy
  • Classificaton Date - 12/3/1998
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/3/1998 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ALNUS

    ANVI2

    CALA21

    LIST2

    QUPA2

    Alnus

    Andropogon virginicus

    Carya laciniosa

    Liquidambar styraciflua

    Quercus palustris

    alder

    broomsedge bluestem

    shellbark hickory

    sweetgum

    pin oak

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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

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; 10 percent coarse prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY4003
    Bg—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 30 percent distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt coats on all faces of peds; 30 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 30 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY4004
    Btg—38 to 107 centimeters (15.0 to 42.1 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 30 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 30 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY4005
    Cg—107 to 183 centimeters (42.1 to 72.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) silty clay; structureless massive; firm; 0.0 fine roots; 15 percent medium reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron and 15 percent coarse reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron and 30 percent very coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # KY4006