IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muskingum
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 65KY-125-069
  • User Pedon ID: 65KY-125-069
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 65KY-125-069
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 65KY-125-069
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46488
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 0.5 mile west of New Hope Church, 50 feet east of 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: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Dystrudepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Muskingum
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muskingum
  • Classificaton Date - 1/18/1966
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Bedrock: indurated shale, unspecified at 145cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/18/1966 (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

    ACRU

    PIVI2

    QUAL

    TSUGA

    Acer rubrum

    Pinus virginiana

    Quercus alba

    Tsuga

    red maple

    Virginia pine

    white oak

    hemlock

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

    bedrock, lithic

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    145 -

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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

    35

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 1.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0899
    BA—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) channery silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0900
    Bt1—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) channery silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0901. patchy - phpvsfiid 634900; patchy - phpvsfiid 634900
    Bt2—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) channery silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0902. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 634901; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 634901
    Bt3—64 to 91 centimeters (25.2 to 35.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) channery silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0903. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 634902; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 634902
    BC—91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) flaggy silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; 0.5 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0904
    C—107 to 145 centimeters (42.1 to 57.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) channery silty clay; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) fine distinct mottles; structureless massive; firm; fragments. Lab sample # KY0905
    R—145 to 155 centimeters (57.1 to 61.0 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # KY0906