IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lowell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 80KY-103-030
  • User Pedon ID: 80KY-103-030
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 80KY-103-030
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 80KY-103-030
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46684
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 1 mile NE of New Castle and 1,600 feet north of KY Hwy 202. X: 1,740,250 feet, Y: 247,500 feet.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY103—Henry
  • MLRA: 121—Kentucky Bluegrass
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 18-4—Frankfort, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY622—Henry and Trimble Counties, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38085-D2—New Castle, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John H. Newton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lowell
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lowell
  • Classificaton Date - 5/22/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from limestone and shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Bedrock: moderately coherent limestone and shale at 155cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/22/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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

    bedrock, paralithic

    bedrock, lithic

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    155 - 188

    188 -

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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

    4

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 1.0 fine roots; 1.0 fine pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2363
    Bt1—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; 30 percent brown (10YR 5/3) clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2364. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638208; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638208
    Bt2—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay films; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2365. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638209; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638209
    Bt3—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent clay films; 15 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses and 15 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2366. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638210; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638210
    BC—97 to 130 centimeters (38.2 to 51.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; 15 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) medium faint mottles; moderate coarse angular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 10 percent slickensides (pedogenic) and 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay films; 15 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses and 15 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2367. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638211; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638211
    C—130 to 155 centimeters (51.2 to 61.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) channery silty clay; 30 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium distinct and 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive, and weak coarse subangular blocky; very firm; 30 percent clay films and 30 percent pressure faces; 25 percent by volume 75-?-150 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2368
    Cr—155 to 188 centimeters (61.0 to 74.0 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # KY2369
    R—188 centimeters (74.0 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # KY2370