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:
9/7/2024
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.