IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Allegheny
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955KY011008
  • User Pedon ID: S1955KY011008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4847
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41536
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Idle field on farm road approximately 1-1/4 miles east of dirt road, one mile north of Peasticks; photo AFH-2F-35, right 8-3/4 inches, up 4-1/4 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 #: 8
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Allegheny
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AFH-2F-35
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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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    AP—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36776
    A3—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) very fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A36777
    B1—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and brown (7.5YR 5/2) very fine sandy loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36778
    B2—53 to 104 centimeters (20.9 to 40.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior and reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed fine sandy loam; strong coarse angular blocky structure; firm, weakly coherent; prominent clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36779
    C—104 to 183 centimeters (40.9 to 72.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A36780