IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Uniontown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1954KY101014
  • User Pedon ID: S1954KY101014
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1954KY101014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4910
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41599
  • Print Date: 4/25/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: On south side of Kentucky Highway 136, opposite Spencer Chemical Plant, photo DKZ-5G-174.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY101—Henderson
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY101—Henderson County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 14
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Uniontown
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1954
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1954 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: DKZ-5G174
  • 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

    LESPE

    Lespedeza

    lespedeza

    —

    —

    —
    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

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    AP—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37212
    B1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37213
    B2—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent spherical brown (10YR 4/3) dark concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37214
    B3—53 to 63 centimeters (20.9 to 24.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent brown (10YR 4/3) dark concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37215
    C—63 to 122 centimeters (24.8 to 48.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) silt loam; 3 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine distinct mottles; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; very friable; irregular carbonate nodules; fragments. Lab sample # 40A37216