IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Johnsburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 79KY-173-001
  • User Pedon ID: 79KY-173-001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 79KY-173-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 79KY-173-001
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 0.7 mile south of Camargo about 1,000 feet south of the filtration plant lake dam. Level Quad. North system, X: 2,105,550 feet, Y: 176,750 feet.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY173—Montgomery
  • MLRA: 121—Kentucky Bluegrass
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 18-4—Frankfort, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY173—Montgomery County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John H. Newton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, siliceous, mesic Aquic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Johnsburg
  • PSC - 23 to 43 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Johnsburg
  • Classificaton Date - 6/19/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Old outwash from knobs and mountains over black shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Bedrock: moderately coherent shale, acid at 170cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/19/1979 (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

    LOAR10

    Lolium arundinaceum

    tall fescue

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    bedrock, paralithic

    bedrock, lithic

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    61 - 170

    170 - 203

    203 -

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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

    0.5

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 15 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 10.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-?-25 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2254
    Bt—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silt loam; 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots; 10 percent clay films; 5 percent by volume 2-?-25 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2255
    BE—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; 10 percent clay films; 5 percent by volume 2-?-25 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2256
    Btx1—61 to 94 centimeters (24.0 to 37.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt coats; 5 percent by volume 2-?-25 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2257
    Btx2—94 to 135 centimeters (37.0 to 53.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt coats; 5 percent by volume 2-?-25 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2258
    Btx3—135 to 170 centimeters (53.1 to 66.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 10 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt coats; 5 percent by volume 2-?-25 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2259
    Cr—170 to 203 centimeters (66.9 to 79.9 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # KY2260
    R—203 centimeters (79.9 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # KY2261