IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Melvin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 07KY055003
  • User Pedon ID: 07KY055003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 07KY-055-003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46379
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 37.3688011
  • Std. Longitude: -87.9240036
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Steven Hill Farm
  • Map Unit: Wa—Waverly silt loam, occasionally flooded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY055—Crittenden
  • MLRA: 120A—Kentucky and Indiana Sandstone and Shale Hills and Valleys, Southern Part
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-OWN—Owensboro, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY055—Crittenden County, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37087-C8—Shady Grove, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ken Scott
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, nonacid, mesic Fluvaquentic Endoaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Melvin
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/13/2012
  • Classifier - Matt McCauley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Melvin
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, active, nonacid, mesic Fluvaquentic Endoaquepts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/26/2007
  • Classifier - Ken Scott
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty alluvium
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods begining in dec
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/26/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    redox concentrations

    cambic horizon

    endosaturation

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    0—20

    0—218

    20—69

    20—218

    20—218

    —20—

    —218—

    —49—

    —198—

    —198—
    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

    1

    —

    —

    107.3

    —

    180

    1120

    —

    196

    14.4

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    KY6595

    Providence

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0250
    Bg1—20 to 48 centimeters (7.9 to 18.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5 percent medium distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0251
    Bg2—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 8 percent medium faint gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 10 percent fine distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0252
    Cg1—69 to 107 centimeters (27.2 to 42.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; structureless massive; very friable; 5 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 5 percent medium faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium faint gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 10 percent coarse distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0253
    Cg2—107 to 168 centimeters (42.1 to 66.1 inches); variegated 50 percent gray (10YR 5/1) and 50 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; structureless massive; very friable; 10 percent medium distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0254
    Cg3—168 to 218 centimeters (66.1 to 85.8 inches); variegated 50 percent gray (10YR 5/1) and 50 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; structureless massive; very friable; 10 percent medium distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KY0255