IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shelocta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 10KY628FSC002
  • User Pedon ID: 10KY125FSC002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 10KY628FSC002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 10KY-125-002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46428
  • 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: 36.9799156
  • Std. Longitude: -84.2734756
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Laurel County, Kentucky; Daniel Boone National Forest; Holly Bay Area; about 0.10 miles east of KY Hwy 1193 and 0.10 miles north of camping area dumping station.
  • Map Unit: SgE—Shelocta-Rigley complex, 20 to 30 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY125—Laurel
  • MLRA: 125—Cumberland Plateau and Mountains
  • Regional Office: 18obsolete—Lexington, KY
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-LON—London, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY628—Laurel and Rockcastle Counties, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36084-H3—Sawyer, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Harry Evans
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelocta
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • PSC - 22 to 72 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/25/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from sandstone and siltstone
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: moderately coherent sandstone and siltstone at 116cm
  • Geology: Lee Formation formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Vegplot Text Note(s): NASIS Site Name (MLRA06_Morgantown) and NASIS Group Name (6-LON London, KY POINT) was transferred to (MLRA12_Amherst) and (NE-LON London, KY POINT) respectively to align with the new USDA-NRCS SPSD Regional Office boundaries. The MLRA12-Amherst NASIS Site will eventually be renamed as the Northeast NASIS Site.

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/25/2010 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 29
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACRU

    ILOP

    LITU

    QURU

    THNO

    Acer rubrum

    Ilex opaca

    Liriodendron tulipifera

    Quercus rubra

    Thelypteris noveboracensis

    red maple

    American holly

    tuliptree

    northern red oak

    New York fern

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    3—28

    28—97

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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

    12

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    299

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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0456; observed in pit, small
    Oi—3 to 0 centimeters (1.2 to 0.0 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    A2—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 4.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0457; observed in pit, small
    BA—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0458; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—23 to 66 centimeters (9.1 to 26.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume flat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0459; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 550632; patchy - phpvsfiid 550632
    Bt2—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent by volume flat angular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0460; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 550633; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 550633
    BC—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0461; observed in pit, small
    Cr—117 to 142 centimeters (46.1 to 55.9 inches); bedrock; fragments.