IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Collins

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 2008KY039002

User Pedon ID: 2008KY039002

Vegetation Plot ID: 08KY039002

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - UK

Lab Pedon # - 08KY-039-002

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46392

Print Date: 4/21/2026

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: 36.7758333

Std. Longitude: -88.8297222

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Carlisle County, KY; 2.2 miles NE of Beulah via KY 1686; 1,100 feet north of the Carlisle-Hickman county line.

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-G7—Fancy Farm, Kentucky

PEDON

Describers Name: Jerry E. McIntosh

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

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 - Collins

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

Taxon Kind - taxadjunct

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 6/25/2008

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: Little Creek flood plain

Runoff: very low

Drainage Class: somewhat poorly

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: 6/25/2008 (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 FRPE LIST2 ULAM	Acer negundo Fraxinus pennsylvanica Liquidambar styraciflua Ulmus americana	boxelder green ash sweetgum American elm	— — — —	— — — —	— — — —

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon cambic horizon	0—23 23—132	—23— —109—

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	—	—	113.4	—		1309	—	193	14.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	KY0402	Bardwell 2 E	coop

A—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;

Bw1—23 to 51 centimeters (9.1 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; 2 percent medium faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions throughout and 5 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 6 percent medium faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0290; moist when described;

Bw2—51 to 91 centimeters (20.1 to 35.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent medium faint brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 10 percent medium distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0291; moist when described;

Bw3—91 to 132 centimeters (35.8 to 52.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.1 fine roots; 6 percent medium distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 10 percent medium faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions throughout and 11 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0292; moist when described;

Cg—132 to 170 centimeters (52.0 to 66.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam, silt; massive; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 15 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 15 percent medium light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0293; moist when described;

C—170 to 218 centimeters (66.9 to 85.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) stratified stratified silt loam; massive; very friable; 3 percent medium faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog.; moist when described;