IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963KY147007
  • User Pedon ID: S1963KY147007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1963KY147007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4287
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40450
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • 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: 36.9000015
  • Std. Longitude: -84.4166641
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: On Swain Ridge in Cumberland National Forest, 1/2 mile west of Gooden Ridge Road on new Forest Service Road across Beaver Creek (100 yards north of this Forest Service Road)
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY147—McCreary
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY630—McCreary-Whitley Area, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. H. Winsor, A. S. Johnson, and C. K. Losche
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 10/16/1963
  • 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: 10/16/1963 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 12-3
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    CARYA

    OXAR

    PIEC2

    QUAL

    QURU

    QUVE

    Carya

    Oxydendrum arboreum

    Pinus echinata

    Quercus alba

    Quercus rubra

    Quercus velutina

    hybrid hickory

    sourwood

    shortleaf pine

    white oak

    northern red oak

    black oak

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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

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    O1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A32699
    Ap1—3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A32700
    Ap2—6 to 26 centimeters (2.4 to 10.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32701
    B—26 to 44 centimeters (10.2 to 17.3 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A32702
    A'2—44 to 51 centimeters (17.3 to 20.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32703
    Btx—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); silty clay loam; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) mottles; very firm; brittle; 0.5 roots; 10 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A32704
    2Bt21—74 to 84 centimeters (29.1 to 33.1 inches); variegated brown (7.5YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; strong fine angular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 10 percent sand coats and 75 percent clay films; 10 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32705
    2Bt22—84 to 100 centimeters (33.1 to 39.4 inches); variegated yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 30 percent sand coats and 75 percent clay films; 10 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32706
    2Bt3—100 to 115 centimeters (39.4 to 45.3 inches); variegated silty clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent clay films and 30 percent sand coats; 10 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32707
    2C—115 to 166 centimeters (45.3 to 65.4 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silty clay loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent clay films and 30 percent sand coats; 10 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A32708
    R—166 to 200 centimeters (65.4 to 78.7 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A32709