IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): McGary
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 82KY055001
  • User Pedon ID: 82KY055001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0692
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53479
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 37.4049806
  • Std. Longitude: -87.8514972
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: in a wooded area; about 17.4 miles east of Marion, 600 feet north of Kentucky Highway 120, 0.7 mile northwest of the crossing of the Tradewater River
  • Map Unit: Mc—McGary silty clay loam, occasionally flooded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY055—Crittenden
  • MLRA: 120A—Kentucky and Indiana Sandstone and Shale Hills and Valleys, Southern Part
  • Regional Office: 18obsolete—Lexington, KY
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-OWN—Owensboro, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY055—Crittenden County, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37087-D7—Providence, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Eullas Jacobs, John M. Robbins Jr.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Aeric Ochraqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - McGary
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/16/2011
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Licking
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods begining in jan
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—16

    23—112

    —16—

    —89—
    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

    1

    —

    —

    108.2

    —

    1307

    —

    191

    14.7

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    KY6580

    Princeton 1 SE

    coop
    A—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 5.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03410
    BE—16 to 23 centimeters (6.3 to 9.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; 22 percent light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4) medium distinct mottles; weak thin platy structure; friable; 5.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03411
    Btg—23 to 44 centimeters (9.1 to 17.3 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silty clay; 5 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium distinct and 22 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 35 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03412
    Bt1—44 to 64 centimeters (17.3 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; 11 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium distinct and 11 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 35 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03413
    Bt2—64 to 112 centimeters (25.2 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; 5 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium distinct and 5 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) medium distinct and 5 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 35 percent prominent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03415, 83P03414
    BC—112 to 128 centimeters (44.1 to 50.4 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay; 11 percent gray (5Y 6/1) medium distinct and 11 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 15 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03416, 83P03417
    C—128 to 183 centimeters (50.4 to 72.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay; 5 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium distinct and 5 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # 83P03418, 83P03419