IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Otway
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1954KY011006
  • User Pedon ID: S1954KY011006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1954KY011006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4891
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41580
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 38.1919441
  • Std. Longitude: -83.8152771
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Twenty feet S.E. of fence corner of County Road 1/4 mile N.E. from Kentucky Highway 36; county road is 1/4 mile east of Y in road at Reynoldsville; photo AFH-3F40, right 8-3/4 inches, up 5 inches.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY011—Bath
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY011—Bath County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Otway
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1954
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1954 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AFH-3F40
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    GLTR

    POA

    Gleditsia triacanthos

    Poa

    honeylocust

    bluegrass

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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

    8

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    AP—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium angular blocky, and fine granular structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37087
    B1—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) silty clay; 1 percent pale olive (5Y 6/4) medium distinct mottles; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; prominent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37088
    B2—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) clay; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37089
    B3—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; very firm; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A37090
    C—51 to 51 centimeters (20.1 to 20.1 inches); fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A37091