IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Carpenter
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 76KY-029-002
  • User Pedon ID: 76KY-029-002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 76KY-029-002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 76KY-029-002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46639
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 100 yards south of Pryor Valley Road; 2.5 miles NW of Shephardsville; 300 yards SE of sample # 76KY-029-001,
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY029—Bullitt
  • MLRA: 121—Kentucky Bluegrass
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 18-4—Frankfort, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY608—Bullitt and Spencer Counties, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.H. Newton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Carpenter
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Carpenter
  • Classificaton Date - 7/28/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Colluvium from soils formed in residuum from siltstone and limestone over residuum from shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: knob
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/28/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • 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

    ACER

    CARYA

    CORNU

    PIVI2

    QUERC

    SAAL5

    Acer

    Carya

    Cornus

    Pinus virginiana

    Quercus

    Sassafras albidum

    maple

    hybrid hickory

    dogwood

    Virginia pine

    oak

    sassafras

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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

    15

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2077
    BA—5 to 25 centimeters (2.0 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2078
    Bt1—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt coats on all faces of peds and 50 percent clay films; 2 percent by volume flat 25-?-50 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2079
    Bt2—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt coats on all faces of peds and 50 percent clay films; 20 percent by volume flat 12-?-75 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2080
    2Bt3—71 to 109 centimeters (28.0 to 42.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay; 30 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; 50 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and gray (10YR 6/1) clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2081
    2Bt4—109 to 145 centimeters (42.9 to 57.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; 50 percent clay films; 10 percent by volume flat 12-?-75 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2082
    2Bt5—145 to 165 centimeters (57.1 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; 50 percent clay films; 1 percent by volume flat 12-?-75 millimeter siltstone, unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2083
    2Bt6—165 to 196 centimeters (65.0 to 77.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse angular blocky parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 50 percent gray (10YR 6/1) and brown (10YR 5/3) clay films; 5 percent by volume flat 25-?-50 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2084
    2Bt7—196 to 241 centimeters (77.2 to 94.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silty clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 2 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2085
    2Bt8—241 to 259 centimeters (94.9 to 102.0 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 30 percent gray (10YR 6/1) clay films and 30 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 10 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # KY2086. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638119; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638119