IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Allegheny
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 78KY-121-001
  • User Pedon ID: 78KY-121-001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 78KY-121-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 78KY-121-001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46656
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 200 feet west of the house on Horseshoe Bend Road located 1.2 miles off of KY Hwy 11; 2 miles south of Barbourville. X: 2,537,700 feet Y: 195,800.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY121—Knox
  • MLRA: 125—Cumberland Plateau and Mountains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-LON—London, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY627—Knox and Eastern Part of Whitley Counties, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36083-G8—Barbourville, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Fred S. Arms
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Allegheny
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Allegheny
  • Classificaton Date - 6/13/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: terrace
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/13/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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

    DAGL

    LOAR10

    Dactylis glomerata

    Lolium arundinaceum

    orchardgrass

    tall fescue

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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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2190
    BA—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2191
    Bt1—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots; 10 percent clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2192
    Bt2—53 to 89 centimeters (20.9 to 35.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 25 percent clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2193
    Bt3—89 to 119 centimeters (35.0 to 46.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) coarse distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 25 percent clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2194
    BC—119 to 140 centimeters (46.9 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2195
    C—140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct and 30 percent pale olive (5Y 6/3) coarse distinct mottles; structureless massive; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5. Lab sample # KY2196