IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Maury
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
08KY067001
User Pedon ID:
08KY067001
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
UK
Lab Pedon # -
08KY-067-001
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
46394
Print Date:
10/7/2024
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:
38.1272240
Std. Longitude:
-84.4897232
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
In a hay field 1,500 feet northeast of the large maintenance barn on the entry road off of Iron Works Pike, on the University of Kentucky Agricultural Research Farm (Spindletop Farm); 1.5 miles northwest of the I-64/75 and KY 922 interchange U.S.; and 4.5 miles north of Lexington. Centerville USGS 7.5 minute quadrangle.
Map Unit:
MlB—Maury silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopesuMlmC—Maury-Bluegrass silt loams, 6 to 12 percent slopes
Country:
US—United States
State:
Kentucky
County:
KY067—Fayette
MLRA:
121—Kentucky Bluegrass
MLRA Soil Survey Area:
18-4—Frankfort, Kentucky
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
KY643—Fayette County Area, Part of Fayette County, Kentucky
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
38084-B4—Centerville, Kentucky
PEDON
Describers Name:
Steve Blanford, Bob Eigel
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, mixed, active, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
classifies to current taxon name, full description
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Maury
PSC -
20 to 70 cm.
Classificaton Date -
11/15/2011
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
tenth edition
Moisture Class -
udic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Maury
Classificaton Date -
8/8/2008
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
clayey residuum weathered from phosphatic limestone
Landscape:
karst upland
Landform:
ridge
Geomorphic Component Hills:
side slope
Hill Slope Profile:
shoulder
Slope Position:
upper third
Slope Complexity:
simple
Slope Shape Across:
linear
Slope Shape Down:
linear
Drainage Pattern:
dendritic
Runoff:
medium
Drainage Class:
well
Flooding:
none flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Bedrock:
indurated slight weathered limestone, phosphatic
Geology:
Tanglewood Limestone member of the Lexington Limestone formation in the Ordovician group.
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
8/8/2008 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
grass/herbaceous cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
hayland
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Current Weather -
sunny
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
ochric epipedon
argillic horizon
0—20
20—165
—20—
—145—
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
8
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277
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Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular parts to moderate fine granular structure; very friable; moderate permeability; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0299; moist when described; observed in push tube
Bt1—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; moderate permeability; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 20 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0300; moist when described; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 430244; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 430244
Bt2—41 to 102 centimeters (16.1 to 40.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; strong coarse subangular blocky, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; moderately slow permeability; 0.8 fine roots between peds; 40 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 8 percent fine prominent spherical moderately coherent cemented black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix and 10 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0301; moist when described; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 430245; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 430245
Bt3—102 to 165 centimeters (40.2 to 65.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silty clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; slow permeability; 60 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent coarse prominent irregular moderately coherent cemented black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix and 15 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix and 15 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 15 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix and 15 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0302; moist when described; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 430246; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 430246
BC1—165 to 213 centimeters (65.0 to 83.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; slow permeability; 5 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 10 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0303; moist when described; observed in push tube
BC2—213 to 254 centimeters (83.9 to 100.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; slow permeability; 5 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 10 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter. Lab sample # KY0304; moist when described; observed in push tube