IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tilsit
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963KY085001
  • User Pedon ID: S1963KY085001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4302
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40465
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 2 miles south of Caneyville on Hessie Anderson farm; 430 feet northwest of Anderson residence
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY085—Grayson
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY085—Grayson County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. V. Huffman and W. H. Zimmerman
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tilsit
  • Classificaton Date - 10/11/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/11/1963 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular, and weak medium platy structure; very friable; medium and fine pores; worm casts; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A32830
    B1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; 21.0 roots; 3.0 medium pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A32831
    Bt2—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 21.0 roots; 10 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A32832. patchy - phpvsfiid 382182; patchy - phpvsfiid 382182
    A'2—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint and 3 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine faint mottles; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 21.0 medium pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A32833
    B1XT—61 to 97 centimeters (24.0 to 38.2 inches); silty clay loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint and dark brown (10YR 3/3) medium faint and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium faint mottles; coarse prismatic structure; firm; brittle; 0.5 roots in cracks; 0.5 medium pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32834
    B2X—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; brittle; gray (10YR 6/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32835. Loess - slightly deeper than typical for Tilsit.
    2B3—122 to 157 centimeters (48.0 to 61.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; thick clay films on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 6-9-12 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A32836
    2C1—157 to 193 centimeters (61.8 to 76.0 inches); very fine sandy loam; gray (5Y 6/1) coarse distinct and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) coarse distinct and gray (N 6/0) coarse distinct mottles; massive; 1 percent manganese coatings; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A32837. Few very dark brown concretions, some black manganese staining, last horizon sampled.
    2C2—193 to 239 centimeters (76.0 to 94.1 inches); clay loam; fine interstitial pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A32838. Thin bedded, highly weathered, sandstones and shales with clay loam and fine sandy clay interstital materials varying from yellowish brown to gray.
    R—239 centimeters (94.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A32839. Sandstone.