IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tilsit
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 55KY-205-001
  • User Pedon ID: 55KY-205-001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 55KY-205-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 55KY-205-001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46463
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Wilburn Baldridge farm; RR#3 Morehead, KY; 8.6 miles E-NE of Morehead, KY; 15 yards from west edge of farm pond.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY205—Rowan
  • MLRA: 124—Western Allegheny Plateau
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 13-2—Huntington, West Virginia
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY645—Menifee and Rowan Counties, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W.S. Ligon
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Tilsit
  • PSC - 30 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tilsit
  • Classificaton Date - 8/24/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Residuum from lower Pennsylvanian sandstone and shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Bedrock: moderately coherent sandstone and shale at 165cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/24/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • 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

    CARYA

    LESPE

    QUERC

    TRIFO

    Carya

    Lespedeza

    Quercus

    Trifolium

    hybrid hickory

    lespedeza

    oak

    clover

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    bedrock, paralithic

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    66 - 91

    165 -

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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

    3.5

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    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loam; weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0712
    AB—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loam; weak medium angular blocky, and weak coarse angular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent organic stains; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0713
    BA—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) loam; weak medium angular blocky, and weak coarse angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0714
    Bt1—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0715
    Bt2—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0716
    Bx—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; structureless massive; firm; brittle; 15 percent silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0717
    C1—91 to 140 centimeters (35.8 to 55.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) and gray (5Y 6/1) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) clay; structureless massive; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0718
    C2—140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches); gray (N 6/),; structureless massive; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3. Lab sample # KY0719
    Cr—165 centimeters (65.0 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # KY0720