IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Christian
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 61KY-213-001
  • User Pedon ID: 61KY-213-001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 61KY-213-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 61KY-213-001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46482
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY213—Simpson
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-COO—Cookeville, Tennessee
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY213—Simpson County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Christian
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Christian
  • Classificaton Date - 6/9/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Thin loess over residuum of cherty limestone
  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/9/1961 (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

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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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

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0857
    BA—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0858
    Bt1—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 roots; 30 percent clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0859
    2Bt2—43 to 76 centimeters (16.9 to 29.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) silty clay; strong fine angular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 roots; 30 percent prominent clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0860
    2Bt3—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); red (2.5YR 4/8) clay; strong fine angular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 roots; 2 percent by volume 6-?-14 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # KY0861
    2Bt4—107 to 135 centimeters (42.1 to 53.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots; 6 percent by volume 10-?-25 millimeter chert fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # KY0862
    2C—135 to 145 centimeters (53.1 to 57.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) silty clay; very firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7. Lab sample # KY0863