IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Eden
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960KY049007
  • User Pedon ID: S1960KY049007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960KY049007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4868
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41557
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 0.8 mile south on old Ruckerville Road from its north end beginning off State road 89; uphill southeast 800 feet on unimproved farm road; 100 feet northwest at lower end of long ridgetop. Photo AFN-2N-38.
  • 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 #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Eden
  • Classificaton Date - 11/9/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/9/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AFN-2N-38
  • 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

    5

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    AP—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 21.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A36922
    B2—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 roots; clay films; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36923. patchy - phpvsfiid 197613; patchy - phpvsfiid 197613
    B3—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21.0 roots; 10 percent clay films; 1 percent noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36924. patchy - phpvsfiid 197614; patchy - phpvsfiid 197614
    C1—58 to 86 centimeters (22.8 to 33.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; 21 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) medium distinct mottles; massive; extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; 1 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) dark concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36925
    C2—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; olive (5Y 5/3) fine and medium distinct and gray (10YR 5/1) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive; extremely firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; 3 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) dark concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A36926