IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Allegheny
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 01KY-129-002
  • User Pedon ID: 01KY-129-002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 01KY-129-002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 01KY-129-002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46345
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 37.5903435
  • Std. Longitude: -83.6707230
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Lee County, KY; norht of confluence of North Fork and Middle Fork of Kentucky River.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY129—Lee
  • MLRA: 125—Cumberland Plateau and Mountains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-LON—London, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY616—Estill and Lee Counties, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37083-E6—Beattyville, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: JDM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Allegheny
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Allegheny
  • Classificaton Date - 2/2/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Alluvium of Pennsylvanian sandstones, siltstones, and shales
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/2/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    LOAR10

    Lolium arundinaceum

    tall fescue

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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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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 1.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0082
    Bt1—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 0.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0083
    Bt2—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.0 fine roots; faint clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0084
    Bt3—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.0 very fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0085
    CB—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) sandy loam; structureless single grain; loose; fragments. Lab sample # KY0086