IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Otway
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959KY111002
  • User Pedon ID: S1959KY111002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959KY111002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4894
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41583
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: About 3/4 mile west of the junction of Dawson Hill Road and Broad Back Run Road. Photo AFW-2R-59, 1956.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY111—Jefferson
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY111—Jefferson County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. V. Huffman and James C. Ross
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Otway
  • Classificaton Date - 5/11/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/11/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AFW-2R-59
  • 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

    JUGLA

    POA

    QUAL

    RHUS

    Juglans

    Poa

    Quercus alba

    Rhus

    walnut

    bluegrass

    white oak

    sumac

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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

    24

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    90

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 3 percent worm casts; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37104
    A3—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine faint mottles; moderate coarse granular, and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 3 percent worm casts; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37105
    B2—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; 1 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) fine faint mottles; weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots; 10 percent clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37106
    C1CA—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) clay; 1 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine distinct and 1 percent greenish gray (5GY 5/1) fine distinct mottles; massive; 10 percent clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37107
    C2—51 to 97 centimeters (20.1 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; coarse subangular blocky, and massive; firm; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A37108
    R—97 to 100 centimeters (38.2 to 39.4 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A37109