IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Holston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1955KY011011
  • User Pedon ID: S1955KY011011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4877
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41566
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 38.1633339
  • Std. Longitude: -83.6219406
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 3/8 mile south of Moores Ferry in cultivated field, 20 feet to east of road; photo AFH-1F-43, 3-1/2 inches right, 8-1/4 inches up.
  • 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 #: 11
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Holston
  • 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-1F-43
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) very fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36991
    B1—30 to 61 centimeters (11.8 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) very fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36992
    B2—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) very fine sandy loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A36993
    B3—86 to 104 centimeters (33.9 to 40.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) sandy clay loam; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; weakly coherent, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A36994
    C—104 to 130 centimeters (40.9 to 51.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine sandy loam; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A36995