IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Newark
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 71KY-047-053
  • User Pedon ID: 71KY-047-053
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 71KY-047-053
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46573
  • 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: 37.0496722
  • Std. Longitude: -87.4093639
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 75 yards SE of graveyard; 0.6 mile E of KY 1917; 4.5 miles E of Crofton, KY.
  • 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-A4—Crofton, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, acid, mesic Aeric Endoaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Newark
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • 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:
  • 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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    135

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    1306

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    191

    13.6

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 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; 0.0 fine pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1596
    Bw—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 15 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium faint and 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1597
    Bg1—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; 30 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium faint and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1598
    Bg2—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1599
    Bg3—74 to 94 centimeters (29.1 to 37.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1600
    Cg1—94 to 122 centimeters (37.0 to 48.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay loam; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 1.0 fine pores; 5 percent by volume chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1601
    2Cg2—122 to 142 centimeters (48.0 to 55.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; structureless massive; very firm; 35 percent by volume chert fragments. Lab sample # KY1602