IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lowell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960KY049005
  • User Pedon ID: S1960KY049005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960KY049005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4883
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41572
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: One mile north on Morris Road from its south end to gate and unimproved farm road up hill to northeast, follow farm road 1/2 mile to house; 1,000 feet south by east (166 degrees) of house and 600 feet northeast (44 degrees) of pond on ridge. Photo AFN-2N-34.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY049—Clark
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY049—Clark County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. V. Huffman
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lowell
  • Classificaton Date - 11/8/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/8/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AFN-2N-34
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    POA

    Poa

    bluegrass

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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

    8

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    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37028
    B1—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; 0.5 fine and medium pores; 10 percent clay films; 1 percent brown (10YR 4/3) dark concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37029. patchy - phpvsfiid 197609; patchy - phpvsfiid 197609
    B2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; spherical brown (10YR 4/3) dark concretions and 3 percent black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37030. patchy - phpvsfiid 197610; patchy - phpvsfiid 197610
    B3—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 21 percent black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A37031
    C—81 to 112 centimeters (31.9 to 44.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 3 percent olive (5Y 5/3) fine faint mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky, and massive; very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 3 percent brown (10YR 4/3) dark concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A37032
    R—112 to 112 centimeters (44.1 to 44.1 inches); limestone, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 40A37033. Cynthiana limestone bedrock.