IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nicholson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 80KY-161-002
  • User Pedon ID: 80KY-161-002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 80KY-161-002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46687
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 550 fee SW of farmhouse; 900 feet SW of covered bridge over creek; 1 mile NE of the junction of Valley Pike Road and KY 10; 6 miles W of Maysville, KY. X: 2,109,400 feet, Y: 427,950 feet.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY161—Mason
  • MLRA: 121—Kentucky Bluegrass
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 18-4—Frankfort, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY161—Mason County, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38083-F7—Maysville West, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John H. Newton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Nicholson
  • PSC - 36 to 53 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nicholson
  • Classificaton Date - 5/27/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or residuum weathered from limestone
  • Landscape: upland
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Bedrock: very strongly coherent limestone, unspecified at 185cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/27/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
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    53 - 109

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    Setting and Climate
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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; very friable; 1.0 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2403
    BA—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2404
    Bt—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt coats on all faces of peds and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2405. continuous - phpvsfiid 638223; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638224; continuous - phpvsfiid 638223; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638224
    Btx1—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct and 15 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 30 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt coats on all faces of peds and 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses and 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2406
    Btx2—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct and 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay films; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses and 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2407. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638228; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638228
    Btx3—94 to 109 centimeters (37.0 to 42.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct and 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; very firm; brittle; 10 percent clay films and 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay films; 30 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings and 30 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2408. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638230; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638230
    2Bt—109 to 163 centimeters (42.9 to 64.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; 15 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent slickensides (pedogenic) and 50 percent clay films; 15 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses and 15 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2409
    2C—163 to 185 centimeters (64.2 to 72.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) channery silty clay; structureless massive; very firm; 25 percent by volume flat 25-?-100 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2410
    2R—185 centimeters (72.8 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # KY2411