IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Christian
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 73KY-047-005
  • User Pedon ID: 73KY-047-005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 73KY-047-005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46604
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: About 12 miles S of Hopkinsville; 0.25 mile N of county road; 0.6 mile W of KY Hwy 345; 0.25 mile S of Howel.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY047—Christian
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-COO—Cookeville, Tennessee
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY047—Christian County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.H. Newton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, kaolinitic, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Christian
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Christian
  • Classificaton Date - 6/9/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from limestone
  • Landscape: upland
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/9/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: second growth woods
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • 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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) channery silt loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 20 percent by volume chert fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY1836
    E—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) very channery silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 60 percent by volume chert fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY1837
    Bt1—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); red (2.5YR 5/6) channery silty clay loam; weak medium angular blocky parts to weak fine angular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky parts to weak very fine angular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 10 percent clay films; 30 percent by volume chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1838
    Bt2—46 to 79 centimeters (18.1 to 31.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) channery clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 50 percent clay films; 20 percent by volume chert fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1839
    Bt3—79 to 104 centimeters (31.1 to 40.9 inches); channery clay; fragments. Lab sample # KY1840
    Bt4—104 to 124 centimeters (40.9 to 48.8 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) channery silty clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 50 percent clay films; 15 percent by volume chert fragments. Lab sample # KY1841
    Bt5—124 to 150 centimeters (48.8 to 59.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) silty clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 50 percent clay films; 5 percent by volume chert fragments. Lab sample # KY1842
    Bt6—150 to 178 centimeters (59.1 to 70.1 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) silty clay; 30 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky parts to weak very fine angular blocky structure; firm; 50 percent clay films; 10 percent by volume chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1843
    Bt7—178 to 231 centimeters (70.1 to 90.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) channery silty clay; 1 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 50 percent clay films; 30 percent by volume chert fragments. Lab sample # KY1844