IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Falaya

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 2007KY039006

User Pedon ID: 2007KY039006

Vegetation Plot ID: 07KY039006

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - UK

Lab Pedon # - 07KY-039-006

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46373

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: 36.9327778

Std. Longitude: -88.8869444

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Carlisle County, KY; 1.75 miles N-NE of Cunningham via KY Hwy 1820 (Yellow Dog Road), 550 feet SW of the intersection of KY Hwy 1820 with Wilson Creek (channelized).

Map Unit: Ct—Convent-Mhoon 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-H8—Blandville, Kentucky

PEDON

Describers Name: Jerry E. McIntosh

Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, active, thermic Fluvaquentic Eutrudepts

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, brief description

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Falaya

Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, active, thermic Fluvaquentic Eutrudepts

Taxon Kind - taxadjunct

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 6/15/2007

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: 6/15/2007 (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
ACNE2 ACRU ACSA2 FRPE SANI	Acer negundo Acer rubrum Acer saccharinum Fraxinus pennsylvanica Salix nigra	boxelder red maple silver maple green ash black willow	— — — — —	— — — — —	— — — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon cambic horizon	0—13 13—86	—13— —73—

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	—	—	101.2	—		1309	—	193	14.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	KY0402	Bardwell 2 E	coop

A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 5 percent distinct very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2), moist, manganese coatings throughout and 10 percent fine faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;

Bw1—13 to 41 centimeters (5.1 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 5 percent distinct very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2), moist, manganese coatings throughout and 10 percent fine faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 20 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0224; moist when described;

Bw2—41 to 86 centimeters (16.1 to 33.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 1 percent distinct very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2), moist, manganese coatings throughout and 10 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 20 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0225; moist when described;

BC—86 to 147 centimeters (33.9 to 57.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent distinct very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2), moist, manganese coatings throughout and 2 percent fine faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 15 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0226; moist when described;

Cg1—147 to 173 centimeters (57.9 to 68.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; massive; very friable; 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent prominent very dark brown (7.5YR 2.5/2), moist, manganese coatings throughout and 2 percent fine prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 5 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 20 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 20 percent coarse distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described;

Cg2—173 to 208 centimeters (68.1 to 81.9 inches); 50 percent gray (10YR 6/1) and 50 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; massive; friable; 1 percent black (N 2.5/0), moist, manganese coatings throughout and 20 percent coarse prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog.; moist when described;