IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Maury
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
58KY-067-002
User Pedon ID:
58KY-067-002
Vegetation Plot ID:
58KY-067-002
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
UK
Lab Pedon # -
58KY-067-002
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
46471
Print Date:
12/11/2024
LOCATION
Location Description:
University of Kentucky Poultry research farm; 92 feet N of NW corner of central building; 75 yards south of gate on Leestown Road.
State:
Kentucky
County:
KY067—Fayette
MLRA:
121—Kentucky Bluegrass
MLRA Soil Survey Area:
18-4—Frankfort, Kentucky
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
KY643—Fayette County Area, Part of Fayette County, Kentucky
PEDON
Describers Name:
H.H. Bailey and T.B. Hutcheson, Jr.
Current Taxonomic Class:
Clayey, mixed, mesic Typic Paleudults
Current Taxon Kind:
taxadjunct
Pedon Type:
taxadjunct to the series
Pedon Record Orgin:
PedonPC
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Maury
PSC -
46 to 96 cm.
Classificaton Date -
11/15/2011
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Maury
Classificaton Date -
7/10/1958
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
residuum weathered from phosphatic limestone
Landscape:
upland
Hill Slope Profile:
summit
Drainage Class:
well
Bedrock:
indurated limestone, unspecified at 267cm
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
7/10/1958 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
crop 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
MESA
Medicago sativa
alfalfa
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Pedon Restrictions
Kind
Hardness
Restriction Depth L-H
Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
cm
bedrock, lithic
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267 -
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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
1
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Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0774
AB—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0775
BA—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0776
Bt1—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent clay films; 15 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0777
Bt2—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) silty clay loam, silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent clay films; 15 percent medium black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0778
Bt3—86 to 109 centimeters (33.9 to 42.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent clay films; 15 percent medium cylindrical black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0779
C—109 to 267 centimeters (42.9 to 105.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0780, KY0781
R—267 centimeters (105.1 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # KY0782