IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sugargrove
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982KY003003
  • User Pedon ID: 1982KY003003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0688
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53475
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 36.7127762
  • Std. Longitude: -86.2091675
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Allen County, KY, 33 mi S on US 31E to Mt Pleasant Church; E on gravel Rd. 1 mi N on gravel Rd. 1/4 mi.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY003—Allen

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John M. Robbbins, Jr., H. H. Bailey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy over clayey, mixed, semiactive, thermic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sugargrove
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/2013
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Trimble
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous Typic Paleudults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1982
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior cherty silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03384. 15 percent chert fragments.; common fine roots
    Bw—20 to 49 centimeters (7.9 to 19.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior cherty silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03385. 20 percent chert fragments.; common fine roots
    Bt1—49 to 71 centimeters (19.3 to 28.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior cherty silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03386. 30 percent chert fragments; light gray (10YR 7/2) silt coatings.; few medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1169935; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1169935
    Bt2—71 to 108 centimeters (28.0 to 42.5 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior cherty silty clay loam; 30 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium distinct mottles; strong fine and medium angular blocky, and strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03387. Few fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) silt coatings; 15 percent chert fragments.; many medium distinct 10YR64 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169936; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169936
    Bt3—108 to 148 centimeters (42.5 to 58.3 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior cherty silty clay loam; 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate and strong medium and coarse angular blocky, and moderate and strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03388. 18 percent chert fragments.; many medium distinct 5YR56 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169937; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169937
    Bt4—148 to 182 centimeters (58.3 to 71.7 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior cherty silt loam; 11 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) coarse distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 83P03389. 15 percent chert fragments.; common coarse distinct 5YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1169938; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1169938