IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dunning
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2016KY047001
  • User Pedon ID: S2016KY047001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 16N0952
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 85175
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 37.0748550
  • Std. Longitude: -87.3994190
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Site is the pedon location for NWCA 16-6055 sample taken. It is located down a gravel lane off of Kentucky Highway 1914 approximately 547 feet north of the West Fork of Pond River, 3320 feet north of Kentucky Highway 1914 and 5.1 miles northeast of Crofton, Kentucky.
  • Map Unit: Du—Dunning soils
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY047—Christian
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal
  • Regional Office: 6—Morgantown, WV
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-OWN—Owensboro, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY047—Christian County, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37087-A4—Crofton, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: McCauley, Neyhouse, Gehring, Domenech, Pedley, O'Connell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Fluvaquentic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dunning
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/16/2016
  • Classifier - McCauley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dunning
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, active, mesic Fluvaquentic Endoaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/16/2016
  • Classifier - McCauley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods begining in dec
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Alluvium formation of the Quarternary group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/16/2016 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: McCauley, Gehring, Domenech, Pedley, Neyhouse, O'Connell
  • Air Photo ID: 13
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    endosaturation

    cambic horizon

    0—48

    21—203

    48—203

    —48—

    —182—

    —155—
    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

    0.5

    —

    —

    134

    —

    1306

    —

    191

    13.6

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 21 centimeters (0.0 to 8.3 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; many (7.0) fine roots throughout; 3 percent fine prominent dendritic weakly coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with sharp boundaries on surfaces along root channels and 3 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; , 1 percent by weight nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-35-75 millimeter chert fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N04231; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    AB—21 to 48 centimeters (8.3 to 18.9 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) silty clay; 44 percent clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; many (7.0) fine roots throughout; 5 percent distinct dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, pressure faces on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent spherical strongly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine faint irregular weakly coherent cemented gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine faint dendritic weakly coherent cemented very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, iron depletions with sharp boundaries in matrix and 10 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; , 1 percent by weight nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-35-75 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N04232; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg1—48 to 75 centimeters (18.9 to 29.5 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) silty clay; 48 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; many (7.0) fine roots throughout; 60 percent distinct dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent spherical strongly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine faint dendritic weakly coherent cemented very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, iron depletions with sharp boundaries in matrix and 10 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; , 3 percent by weight nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-35-75 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N04233; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg2—75 to 114 centimeters (29.5 to 44.9 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) silty clay loam; 37 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; many (7.0) fine roots throughout; 55 percent distinct dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent spherical strongly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix and 15 percent medium prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; , 1 percent by weight nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-35-75 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N04234; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg3—114 to 142 centimeters (44.9 to 55.9 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; few (0.5) fine roots throughout; 20 percent distinct gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, pressure faces on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine prominent spherical strongly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented 2.5Y 4/6 (2.5Y 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 21 percent medium prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; , 1 percent by weight nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 2-35-75 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N04235; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg4—142 to 173 centimeters (55.9 to 68.1 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent fine prominent spherical strongly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix and 25 percent medium prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N04236; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg5—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) silty clay loam; 37 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent fine prominent spherical strongly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries in matrix and 25 percent medium prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter. Lab sample # 16N04237; moist when described; observed in pit, small