IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tarklin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959KY009006
  • User Pedon ID: 1959KY009006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959KY009006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4905
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41594
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 36.8899994
  • Std. Longitude: -85.8336105
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: On county Highway 340 about 0.6 mile northeast of Highway 1324 (east of Temple Hill, Kentucky) Photo ALK-4Z-151.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY009—Barren
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY009—Barren County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. H. Zimmerman and James W. Dye
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tarklin
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/7/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: ALK-4Z151
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    TRIFO

    Trifolium

    clover

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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
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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint mottles; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine roots; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37181
    A2—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam, silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 21 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) dark concretions; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37182
    B2—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; 3 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine faint mottles; weak and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; fine roots; 10 percent silt coats on faces of peds; 21 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) dark concretions; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37183
    B31M—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silty clay loam; 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) medium faint and 3 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium faint mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to massive; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 3 percent black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37184
    B32M—58 to 84 centimeters (22.8 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) medium faint and 3 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium faint mottles; massive; firm; dark brown (10YR 3/3) dark concretions and black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37185
    B33M—84 to 109 centimeters (33.1 to 42.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; massive; firm; iron-manganese concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37186
    C—109 to 124 centimeters (42.9 to 48.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and pale red (2.5YR 6/2) clay; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; iron-manganese concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 40A37187