IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lowell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960KY049002
  • User Pedon ID: S1960KY049002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4881
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41570
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 3/4 mile south on Fox and Quisenberry Roads to valley-type pond on west side of road; then north by west (335 degrees) 600 feet to top of ridge.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY049—Clark
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY049—Clark County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lowell
  • Classificaton Date - 11/7/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/7/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AFN-2N175
  • 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
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    A2—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37016
    B2—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; clay films; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37017. continuous - phpvsfiid 197602; continuous - phpvsfiid 197602
    B3—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) interior silty clay; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 21 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37018. patchy - phpvsfiid 197603; patchy - phpvsfiid 197603
    C1—51 to 86 centimeters (20.1 to 33.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay; 21 percent gray (5Y 6/1) medium distinct and 21 percent gray (N 6/0) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky, and massive; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37019
    C2—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) clay; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A37020
    R—112 to 150 centimeters (44.1 to 59.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); siltstone, unspecified fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A37021