IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Frederick
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987KY045004
  • User Pedon ID: 1987KY045004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0709
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60004
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 37.2772217
  • Std. Longitude: -84.9588852
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Casey County, KY: 200 feet W of US HWY 127, 1/2 mi S of Pricetown, 3 mi SW of Liberty.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY045—Casey
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. S. Evans, O. J. Whitaker and J. P. Fehr
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, mixed, mesic Typic Paleudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Frederick
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, mixed, mesic Typic Paleudults
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 19 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—19

    19—158

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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

    —

    —

    310

    —

    315

    112

    —

    —

    13

    23

    1

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    Ap—0 to 19 centimeters (0.0 to 7.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03814. common fine roots throughout
    Bt1—19 to 40 centimeters (7.5 to 15.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior silty clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 55 percent distinct , moist, clay films; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03815. many clay films surface features; few fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169963; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169963
    Bt2—40 to 68 centimeters (15.7 to 26.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior silty clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 55 percent distinct , moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03816. many clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; few medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169964; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169964
    Bt3—68 to 87 centimeters (26.8 to 34.3 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior silty clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 55 percent distinct , moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03817. many clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; common medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169965; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169965
    Bt4—87 to 119 centimeters (34.3 to 46.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior clay; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 30 percent pale yellow (5Y 7/3) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03818. common clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; many medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; many medium prominent 5Y73 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169966; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169966
    BC 1—119 to 146 centimeters (46.9 to 57.5 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 30 percent light gray (5Y 7/2) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 37 percent distinct , moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03819. common medium soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; many medium prominent 5Y72 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1169967; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1169967
    BC 2—146 to 160 centimeters (57.5 to 63.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior sandy clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03820. many medium distinct 5YR56 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR56 mottles
    2C 1—160 to 192 centimeters (63.0 to 75.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior silty clay; 11 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) medium distinct and 11 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) medium prominent mottles; very firm; 37 percent prominent , moist, pressure faces on upper surfaces of peds or rocks; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03822. Top 2 cm of 2C1 horizon is silicified layer with rock structure. (was sampled with BC2 layer).; common pressure faces surface features on upper surfaces of peds or stones; common medium distinct 5YR46 mottles; common medium prominent 5Y62 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169968; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169968
    2C 2—191 to 220 centimeters (75.2 to 86.6 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) interior silty clay; 11 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; very firm; 37 percent prominent , moist, pressure faces on upper surfaces of peds or rocks; fragments. Lab sample # 87P03823. Mottles are more like streaks.; common pressure faces surface features on upper surfaces of peds or stones; common medium prominent 2.5YR46 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169969; continuous - phpvsfiid 1169969