IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lowell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 72KY-209-003
  • User Pedon ID: 72KY-209-003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 72KY-209-003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46587
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 38.2429167
  • Std. Longitude: -84.4591278
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 200 feet NW of large barn; 0.6 mile north of US 227; 1.2 miles NE of Newton; about 6 miles east of Georgetown, KY.
  • Map Unit: uLfC—Lowell-Faywood silt loams, 6 to 12 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY209—Scott
  • MLRA: 121—Kentucky Bluegrass
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-OWN—Owensboro, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY209—Scott County, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38084-B4—Centerville, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lowell
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lowell
  • Classificaton Date - 6/9/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey residuum weathered from limestone and shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • 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
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10.0 fine roots; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1708
    AB—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable; 1.0 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1709
    Bt1—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; 50 percent clay films; 15 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1710
    Bt2—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 15 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine faint mottles; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; 50 percent clay films; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings and 15 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY1711
    Bt3—76 to 94 centimeters (29.9 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium faint mottles; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; 50 percent clay films; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings and 15 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1712
    Bt4—94 to 114 centimeters (37.0 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint mottles; moderate medium angular blocky parts to weak very fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.0 fine roots; 50 percent clay films; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses; fragments. Lab sample # KY1713
    BC—114 to 145 centimeters (44.9 to 57.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; 15 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) medium distinct mottles; weak fine angular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.0 fine roots; 10 percent clay films; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1714
    CB—145 to 173 centimeters (57.1 to 68.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; 30 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive, and weak fine angular blocky; extremely firm; 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 30 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses and 30 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings; fragments. Lab sample # KY1715