IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Loring
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 56KY-075-002
  • User Pedon ID: 56KY-075-002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 56KY-075-002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 56KY-075-002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46466
  • 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: 36.5125847
  • Std. Longitude: -88.8875580
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Site is 300 feet S of US Hwy 51 bypass; 900 feet W of RR yard on N side of Fulton.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY075—Fulton
  • MLRA: 134—Southern Mississippi Valley Loess
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-MIL—Milan, Tennessee
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY075—Fulton County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.V. Leighty and H.H. Bailey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, thermic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Loring
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Loring
  • Classificaton Date - 8/22/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/22/1956 (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

    AMBRO

    CARYA

    QUERC

    RHUS

    TORAR

    Ambrosia

    Carya

    Quercus

    Rhus

    Toxicodendron radicans ssp. radicans

    ragweed

    hybrid hickory

    oak

    sumac

    eastern poison ivy

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

    fragipan

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    86 - 132

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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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    A1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0738
    A2—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry, and light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0739
    Bt1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 15 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0740. patchy - phpvsfiid 634881; patchy - phpvsfiid 634881
    Bt2—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt coats on all faces of peds and 15 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0. Lab sample # KY0741
    Bt3—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; 15 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) fine faint mottles; 15 percent silt coats on all faces of peds and 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0. Lab sample # KY0742
    Btx1—86 to 97 centimeters (33.9 to 38.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 15 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent silt coats on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # KY0743. continuous - phpvsfiid 634886; continuous - phpvsfiid 634886
    Btx2—97 to 114 centimeters (38.2 to 44.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 30 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) medium faint mottles; moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 15 percent prominent silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9. Lab sample # KY0744. patchy - phpvsfiid 634888; patchy - phpvsfiid 634888
    Btx3—114 to 132 centimeters (44.9 to 52.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; 30 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) medium faint mottles; moderate medium angular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 15 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # KY0745. patchy - phpvsfiid 634890; patchy - phpvsfiid 634890
    C1—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 15 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine distinct mottles; weak fine angular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6. Lab sample # KY0746
    C2—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 15 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) fine distinct and 15 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine distinct mottles; very friable; 15 percent prominent silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # KY0747
    C3—183 to 213 centimeters (72.0 to 83.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and light gray (N 7/), silt loam; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # KY0748
    C4—213 to 244 centimeters (83.9 to 96.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; 15 percent light gray (N 7/ fine distinct mottles; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # KY0749
    C5—244 to 274 centimeters (96.1 to 107.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) silt loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine faint mottles; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # KY0750