IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Eden
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960KY049008
  • User Pedon ID: S1960KY049008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960KY049008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4869
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41558
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 37.9500008
  • Std. Longitude: -84.1166687
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Southeast on Cole Road, 0.45 mile past grade crossing with railroad northeast of road, 200 feet on top of high point on long east-west ridge. Photo AFN-1N-89.
  • 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 #: 8
  • 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-1N-89
  • 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 (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 # 40A36927
    B2—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine faint mottles; moderate medium angular blocky, and subangular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36928. continuous - phpvsfiid 197615; continuous - phpvsfiid 197615
    B3—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 21.0 roots; clay films; 21 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) dark concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A36929. patchy - phpvsfiid 197616; patchy - phpvsfiid 197616
    C1—53 to 84 centimeters (20.9 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; 3 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) dark concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A36930
    C2—84 to 122 centimeters (33.1 to 48.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay; 21 percent olive (5Y 5/3) medium distinct and 21 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) medium distinct and 21 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A36931