IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Collins
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2007KY039005
  • User Pedon ID: 2007KY039005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 07KY039005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 07KY-039-005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46372
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 36.9436111
  • Std. Longitude: -88.8133333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Carlisle County, KY; 1.9 miles south of Lovelaceville, 1,180 feet nearly due south of the Graves/Carlisle/Ballard County line west of Melber along the west side of Brush Creek flood plain (3,150 feet E/SE of the JCT of KY 1820 and U.S. 62 south of Lovelaceville.)
  • Map Unit: Cn—Convent-Adler silt loams, frequently flooded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY039—Carlisle
  • MLRA: 134—Southern Mississippi Valley Loess
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-MIL—Milan, Tennessee
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY611—Carlisle and Hickman Counties, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36088-H7—Lovelaceville, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jerry E. McIntosh
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, active, thermic Fluvaquentic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Collins
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, active, thermic Fluvaquentic Dystrudepts
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/22/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-silty alluvium
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: Mayfield Creek flood plain
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for brief periods begining in dec
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Alluvium formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/22/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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

    CAOV2

    CELA

    FRPE

    LIST2

    QUBI

    Carya ovata

    Celtis laevigata

    Fraxinus pennsylvanica

    Liquidambar styraciflua

    Quercus bicolor

    shagbark hickory

    sugarberry

    green ash

    sweetgum

    swamp white oak

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—36

    36—97

    —36—

    —61—
    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

    0

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    106.1

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    1309

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    193

    14.3

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    KY0402

    Bardwell 2 E

    coop
    A—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 0.5 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    AB—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak medium granular, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0221; moist when described;
    Bw—36 to 66 centimeters (14.2 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent medium faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions on faces of peds and 5 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0222; moist when described;
    Bg—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5 percent black (N 2.5/0), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout and 20 percent medium prominent brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0223; moist when described;
    BCg—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 7 percent black (N 2.5/0), moist, manganese masses throughout and 8 percent black (N 2.5/0), moist, manganese coatings throughout and 15 percent medium prominent brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout and 20 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    C—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; massive; very friable; 5 percent black (N 2.5/0), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 5 percent black (N 2.5/0), moist, iron-manganese concretions on faces of peds and 5 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog.; moist when described;