IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Huntington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 70KY101003
  • User Pedon ID: 70KY101003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 70KY-101-003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46555
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 37.9078333
  • Std. Longitude: -87.8858611
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: On the Ohio River.
  • Map Unit: HsA—Huntington silt loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes, occasionally flooded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY101—Henderson
  • MLRA: 120A—Kentucky and Indiana Sandstone and Shale Hills and Valleys, Southern Part
  • Regional Office: 18obsolete—Lexington, KY
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-OWN—Owensboro, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY101—Henderson County, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37084-C3—Mount Vernon, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Frank Cox Jr.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Fluventic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Huntington
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Huntington
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: frequent flooding for long periods begining in dec
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Alluvium member.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 4
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—28

    28—229

    —28—

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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

    0

    —

    —

    109.1

    —

    1136

    —

    197

    13.9

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    KY3762

    Henderson 7 SSW

    coop
    Ap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 2.0 fine pores; 8 percent fine worm casts; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1429
    Ap2—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats on faces of peds; 8 percent worm casts; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1430
    Bw1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1431. continuous - phpvsfiid 347621; continuous - phpvsfiid 347621
    Bw2—41 to 76 centimeters (16.1 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine pores; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, coats; 8 percent worm casts; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1432, KY1433. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 347622; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 347622
    Bw3—76 to 109 centimeters (29.9 to 42.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine pores; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, coats; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1434, KY1435. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 347623; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 347623
    Bw4—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine pores; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, coats on faces of peds; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1436, KY1437. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 347624; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 347624
    Bw5—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine pores; 30 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, coats on faces of peds; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1438, KY1439
    Bw6—203 to 229 centimeters (79.9 to 90.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine pores; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, coats; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1. Lab sample # KY1440. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 347626; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 347626