IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Latham
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 65KY-125-064
  • User Pedon ID: 65KY-125-064
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 65KY-125-064
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 65KY-125-064
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46485
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 1.25 miles north of Baldrock, KY on Pounder Branch by old saw mill.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY125—Laurel
  • MLRA: 125—Cumberland Plateau and Mountains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-LON—London, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY628—Laurel and Rockcastle Counties, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, mixed, mesic Aquic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Latham
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Latham
  • Classificaton Date - 2/15/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: soft acid shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/15/1966 (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

    CORNU

    QUAL

    TSUGA

    Carya

    Cornus

    Quercus alba

    Tsuga

    hybrid hickory

    dogwood

    white oak

    hemlock

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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

    14

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 1.0 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0878
    BA—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0879
    Bt1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0880. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 610852; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 610852
    Bt2—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silty clay loam; 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) fine faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0881. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 610853; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 610853
    BC—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silty clay; 30 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) fine distinct mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0882. patchy - phpvsfiid 610854; patchy - phpvsfiid 610854
    C1—79 to 157 centimeters (31.1 to 61.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) channery silty clay; 30 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) medium prominent and 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; structureless massive; firm; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0883
    C2—157 to 254 centimeters (61.8 to 100.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) very channery clay; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; firm; fragments. Lab sample # KY0884