IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Needmore
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1954KY001017
  • User Pedon ID: 1954KY001017
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1954KY001017
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4890
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41579
  • 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: 37.0166664
  • Std. Longitude: -85.2297211
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1 mile east of Glens Fork on gravel road, one-half mile north of junction with Kentucky Highway 55; photo AIR-5H-126.
  • 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 #: 17
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Needmore
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1954
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1954 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AIR-5H126
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    BETUL

    CARYA

    CORNU

    QUERC

    ULMUS

    Betula

    Carya

    Cornus

    Quercus

    Ulmus

    birch

    hybrid hickory

    dogwood

    oak

    elm

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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

    7

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37082
    A2—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37083
    Bw2—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky, and angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37084
    C—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A37085. Laminated clay and weathered shale. Soil mass has greenish cast
    R—66 to 0 centimeters (26.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A37086