IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lowell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 80KY-161-005
  • User Pedon ID: 80KY-161-005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 80KY-161-005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 80KY-161-005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46690
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 626 fee south of KY Hwy 324; 2,000 feet SE of the junction of KY Hwy 324 and KY Hwy 161; 3,400 feet SE of the junction of KY Hwy 324 and KY Hwy 161 with US 68 at Mays Lick, KY; 9 miles south of Maysville, KY. X: 2,121,000 feet, Y: 369,075 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-E7—Mays Lick, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: John H. Newton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lowell
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lowell
  • Classificaton Date - 5/28/1980
  • 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 157cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/28/1980 (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

    TRPR2

    Dactylis glomerata

    Trifolium pratense

    orchardgrass

    red clover

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

    bedrock, paralithic

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    158 -

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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

    3

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 1.0 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2423
    BA—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; 10 percent clay films; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2424. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638215; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638215
    Bt1—30 to 58 centimeters (11.8 to 22.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; 30 percent brown (10YR 5/3) clay films; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2425. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638216; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638216
    Bt2—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; 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 # KY2426. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638217; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638217
    Bt3—74 to 94 centimeters (29.1 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine faint mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.0 fine pores; 30 percent clay films; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses and 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2427. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638218; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638218
    Bt4—94 to 137 centimeters (37.0 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct and 30 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent slickensides (pedogenic) and 30 percent clay films; 30 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses and 30 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2428. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638219; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638219
    BC—137 to 157 centimeters (53.9 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) silty clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 30 percent clay films and 30 percent pressure faces; 15 percent black (10YR 2/1) manganese coatings and 15 percent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese nodules; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2429. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638221; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638222; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638221; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 638222
    Cr—157 to 178 centimeters (61.8 to 70.1 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # KY2430