IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nolin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2018KY227015
  • User Pedon ID: 2018KY227015
  • User Site Association ID: 2018 SE Collegiate Soil Judging Contest
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - 6-OWN
  • Print Date: 4/10/2026

    • 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: 37.0254972
  • Std. Longitude: -86.5911583
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: No—Nolin silt loam, frequently flooded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY227—Warren
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-COO—Cookeville, Tennessee
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY227—Warren County, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37086-A5—Hadley, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Matt McCauley, Jerry McIntosh
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Dystric Fluventic Eutrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Nolin
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/15/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nolin
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Dystric Fluventic Eutrudepts
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/26/2018
  • Classifier - David Gehring
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy alluvium
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods begining in nov
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Alluvium formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/18/2018 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    Bw1

    Bw2

    BC

    C

    0

    31

    77

    99

    114

    31

    77

    99

    114

    144

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    David Gehring

    David Gehring

    David Gehring

    David Gehring

    David Gehring

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    17

    15

    16

    11

    0

    0

    0

    0

    0

    51

    40

    33

    14

    21

    32

    27

    21

    8

    11

    19

    13

    12

    6

    10

    34

    43

    52

    70

    68

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    26

    30

    43

    42

    hydrometer

    hydrometer

    hydrometer

    hydrometer

    hydrometer

    sil

    l

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    sl

    sl

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    6.6
    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ap

    Bw1

    Bw2

    BC

    C

    0

    31

    77

    99

    114

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    77

    99

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap

    Bw1

    Bw2

    BC

    C

    0

    31

    77

    99

    114

    31

    77

    99

    114

    144

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    0.11

    0.05

    0.05

    0.03

    0.03

    ec meter, 1:1 water

    ec meter, 1:1 water

    ec meter, 1:1 water

    ec meter, 1:1 water

    ec meter, 1:1 water

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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—31

    31—99

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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

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    136.6

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    1267

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    201

    14.4

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    150909

    Bowling Green Warren County AP

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    Ap—0 to 31 centimeters (0.0 to 12.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; 34 percent sand; 51 percent silt; 15 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—31 to 77 centimeters (12.2 to 30.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) loam; 43 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 17 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—77 to 99 centimeters (30.3 to 39.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) loam; 52 percent sand; 33 percent silt; 15 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    BC—99 to 114 centimeters (39.0 to 44.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; 70 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 16 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    C—114 to 144 centimeters (44.9 to 56.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam; 68 percent sand; 21 percent silt; 11 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable; 20 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 30 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter.; observed in pit, small