IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Jefferson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 72KY-125-021
  • User Pedon ID: 72KY-125-021
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 72KY-125-021
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46584
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 1 mile north of KY Hwy 192; 200 yards east of dirt road; 0.5 mile east of intersection of KY Hwy 192 and Forest Service Road 62; and 3 miles west of Baldrock fire tower, about 9 miles west of London.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY125—Laurel
  • MLRA: 125—Cumberland Plateau and Mountains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-LON—London, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY628—Laurel and Rockcastle Counties, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Jefferson
  • PSC - 43 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Jefferson
  • Classificaton Date - 6/9/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Bedrock: strongly coherent sandstone, unspecified at 152cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/9/1972 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
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    bedrock, lithic

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    Setting and Climate
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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; very friable; 10.0 fine roots; 10 percent by volume 2-?-50 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1686
    AB—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1.0 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; 10 percent by volume 2-?-50 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # KY1687
    BA—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine pores; 35 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1688
    Bt1—43 to 71 centimeters (16.9 to 28.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly loam; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; 30 percent clay films; 20 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY1689
    Bt2—71 to 122 centimeters (28.0 to 48.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly sandy clay loam; 15 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium faint mottles; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.0 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; 30 percent clay films; 40 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1690
    BC—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; weak fine angular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.0 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; 10 percent clay films; 40 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY1691
    R—152 to 162 centimeters (59.8 to 63.8 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # KY1692