IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Loring
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
66KY-105-006
User Pedon ID:
66KY-105-006
Vegetation Plot ID:
66KY-105-006
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
UK
Lab Pedon # -
66KY-105-006
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
46504
Print Date:
5/20/2024
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:
36.7929139
Std. Longitude:
-89.0908417
Datum:
WGS84
Location Description:
Byron Bodkin farm; about 100 feet W of Hwy 123; about 600 feet S of Carlisle County line.
Map Unit:
LoB—Loring silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes
State:
Kentucky
County:
KY105—Hickman
MLRA:
134—Southern Mississippi Valley Loess
MLRA Soil Survey Area:
SE-MIL—Milan, Tennessee
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
KY611—Carlisle and Hickman Counties, Kentucky
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
36089-G1—Arlington, Kentucky
PEDON
Describers Name:
Frank Anderson and H.H. Bailey
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-silty, mixed, active, thermic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
classifies to current taxon name, full description
Pedon Purpose:
laboratory sampling site
Pedon Record Orgin:
PedonPC
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Loring
PSC -
18 to 68 cm.
Classificaton Date -
11/15/2011
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Loring
Classificaton Date -
11/9/1966
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
fine-silty loess
Landscape:
upland
Landform:
ridge
Geomorphic Component Hills:
side slope
Hill Slope Profile:
summit
Drainage Class:
moderately well
Flooding:
none flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
11/9/1966 (actual site observation date)
Air Photo ID:
5F90(3-1)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
grass/herbaceous cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
pastureland, tame
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
LOAR10
TRIFO
Lolium arundinaceum
Trifolium
tall fescue
clover
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Pedon Restrictions
Kind
Hardness
Restriction Depth L-H
Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
cm
fragipan
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69 - 147
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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
4
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124.1
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Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1049
Bt1—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2. Lab sample # KY1050. continuous - phpvsfiid 635101; continuous - phpvsfiid 635101
Bt2—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # KY1051. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635102; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635102
Bt3—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9. Lab sample # KY1052. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635103; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635103
Bt4—61 to 69 centimeters (24.0 to 27.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct and 15 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # KY1053. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635104; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635104
Btx1—69 to 84 centimeters (27.2 to 33.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate very coarse prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 2 percent silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # KY1054. continuous - phpvsfiid 635105; continuous - phpvsfiid 635105
Btx2—84 to 99 centimeters (33.1 to 39.0 inches); silty clay loam; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1. Lab sample # KY1055
Btx3—99 to 117 centimeters (39.0 to 46.1 inches); silt loam; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1. Lab sample # KY1056
Btx4—117 to 132 centimeters (46.1 to 52.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm; 2 percent silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # KY1057. continuous - phpvsfiid 635107; continuous - phpvsfiid 635107
Btx5—132 to 147 centimeters (52.0 to 57.9 inches); silt loam; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # KY1058
C1—147 to 163 centimeters (57.9 to 64.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; 15 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate very coarse prismatic structure; friable; 5 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # KY1059
C2—163 to 178 centimeters (64.2 to 70.1 inches); silt loam; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # KY1060