IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Skidmore
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982KY195007
  • User Pedon ID: 82KY195007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0705
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53492
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 37.6169434
  • Std. Longitude: -82.5688858
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 4,000 feet W-SW of the intersection of McCombs Branch and Johns Creek; about 15.3 mi N of Pikeville, Kentucky.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY195—Pike

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. M. Robbins, Jr., G. Kelley, and J. Kelley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed Fluvaquentic Eutrochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Skidmore
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Fluvaquentic Eutrochrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1982
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: flood plain
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    1Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); 10YR 4/ (10YR 4/), interior loam; weak and moderate fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03493. common fine roots; few coarse roots
    1A—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior fine sandy loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03494. common fine roots
    1Bw—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior gravelly sandy loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium faint mottles; weak coarse granular structure; very friable; 2.5 fine roots; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03495. common fine roots; common medium faint 10YR54 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR52 mottles
    2C1—53 to 80 centimeters (20.9 to 31.5 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior very channery sandy loam; 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; massive; very friable; 80 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03496. common medium distinct 10YR52 mottles
    2C2—80 to 122 centimeters (31.5 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior very channery sandy loam; 30 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium distinct and 30 percent gray (N 6/0) medium distinct mottles; massive; very friable; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03497. many medium distinct 2.5Y62 mottles; many medium distinct N60 mottles
    2Cg—122 to 190 centimeters (48.0 to 74.8 inches); gray (N 5/0) interior sandy loam; massive; very friable; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 83P03498
    3R—190 to 200 centimeters (74.8 to 78.7 inches); weathered bedrock; fragments. Not sampled. Hard gray siltstone.