IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Christian
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1954KY001012
  • User Pedon ID: 1954KY001012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4857
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41546
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 500 yards west of Keltner Post Office, photo AIR-2H-34.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY001—Adair
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY001—Adair County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Christian
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1954
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1954 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AIR-2H-34
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A36845
    A2—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A36846
    Bw1—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silty clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A36847
    Bw2—43 to 79 centimeters (16.9 to 31.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A36848
    C—79 to 213 centimeters (31.1 to 83.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and pale yellow (5Y 7/3) silty clay; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A36849
    R—213 to 0 centimeters (83.9 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A36850