IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Newark
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 71KY-047-052
  • User Pedon ID: 71KY-047-052
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 71KY-047-052
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 71KY-047-052
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46572
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 37.0313306
  • Std. Longitude: -87.2993278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 15 miles NE of Hopkinsville; 50 feet W of road; 1 mile N of bridge across West Branch on KY 107.
  • Map Unit: Ne—Newark 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: 37087-A3—Haleys Mill, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, nonacid, mesic Aeric Fluvaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Newark
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Newark
  • Classificaton Date - 11/7/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Alluvium from soils of limestone, siltstone, shale, and loess origin
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • 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:
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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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

    1

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    131.1

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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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1589
    Bw—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 15 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium faint mottles; 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 # KY1590
    Bg1—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; 30 percent brown (10YR 4/3) medium faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 1.0 fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1591
    Bg2—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 1.0 fine pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1592
    Bg3—91 to 114 centimeters (35.8 to 44.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; 30 percent brown (10YR 4/3) medium faint mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1593
    Bg4—114 to 140 centimeters (44.9 to 55.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1594
    Bg5—140 to 193 centimeters (55.1 to 76.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak medium angular blocky, and weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; fragments. Lab sample # KY1595