IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Christian
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982KY003002
  • User Pedon ID: 1982KY003002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0687
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53474
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 36.7955284
  • Std. Longitude: -86.3312531
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Allen County, KY, 7.5 mi NW of Scottsville; 500 feet W of US 231 and 100 feet S of Mt. Union Church.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY003—Allen

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Carl W. Hail, John M Robbins
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Christian
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/2013
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fredrick
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 5.5 very fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03377. 10 percent angular chert fragments less than 8 cm in diameter.; many very fine roots
    Bt1—14 to 38 centimeters (5.5 to 15.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; , moist, clay films; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03378. few very fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169929; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169929
    Bt2—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior silty clay; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; , moist, clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03379. 5 percent small chert fragments.; few very fine roots; common medium distinct 7.5YR58 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169930; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169930
    Bt3—66 to 96 centimeters (26.0 to 37.8 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior and reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/8) interior clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very firm; , moist, clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03380. Few small chert fragments.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169931; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169931
    Bt4—96 to 127 centimeters (37.8 to 50.0 inches); dark red (10R 3/6) interior cherty clay; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; , moist, clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03381. 35 percent chert fragments from 1 to 8 cm in diameter.; common medium distinct 7.5YR58 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169932; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169932
    Bt5—127 to 159 centimeters (50.0 to 62.6 inches); dark red (10R 3/6) interior clay; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very firm; , moist, clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03382. 10 percent chert fragments from 1 to 8 cm in diameter.; common medium distinct 7.5YR58 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169933; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169933
    Bt6—159 to 179 centimeters (62.6 to 70.5 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior and pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) interior silty clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium and coarse angular blocky, and weak medium platy structure; very firm; , moist, clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 83P03383. 10 percent chert fragments from 1 to 8 cm in diameter and few remnants of decomposed siltstones that weathers to loamy material.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169934; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169934