IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nolin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 71KY-047-051
  • User Pedon ID: 71KY-047-051
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 71KY-047-051
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46571
  • 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: 36.8988472
  • Std. Longitude: -87.5410111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 300 feet N of KY Hwy 91; 3.5 miles NE of Hopkinsville, on floodplain of Muddy Fork.
  • Map Unit: No—Nolin silt loam
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY047—Christian
  • MLRA: 120A—Kentucky and Indiana Sandstone and Shale Hills and Valleys, Southern Part
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-OWN—Owensboro, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY047—Christian County, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36087-H5—Pleasant Green Hill, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, mesic Dystric Eutrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Nolin
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nolin
  • Classificaton Date - 11/7/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Alluvium mostly of soils of limestone and loess origin.
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods begining in dec
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/7/1971 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    1

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    161.2

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    1306

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    191

    13.6

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    KY3994

    Hopkinsville

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    Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 10.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1580
    Bw1—8 to 30 centimeters (3.1 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine granular, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1.0 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1581
    Bw2—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; very friable; 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1582
    Bw3—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1583
    Bw4—76 to 94 centimeters (29.9 to 37.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; 10 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1584
    Bw5—94 to 109 centimeters (37.0 to 42.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; 30 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1585
    C1—109 to 140 centimeters (42.9 to 55.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loam; 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct and 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 1.0 fine pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1586
    C2—140 to 157 centimeters (55.1 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; 15 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium faint mottles; structureless massive; friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1587
    C3—157 to 175 centimeters (61.8 to 68.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; 15 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium faint mottles; structureless massive; friable; fragments. Lab sample # KY1588