IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Christian
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983KY155006
  • User Pedon ID: 83KY155006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0903
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53684
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Marion County, Kentucky, about 7.5 miles southwest of Lebanon; 0.75 miles southeast of the junction of KY Highway 412 and Gault Hollow Road. KCS: 2,111,500; 425,250 (Lebanon West Quad.)
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY155—Marion
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY155—Marion County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: William H. Craddock and John M. Robbins, Jr.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Christian
  • Classificaton Date - 3/31/2004
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Frederick
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey, mixed, mesic Typic Paleudult
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/7/1983
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum of weathered siltstone and sandstone
  • Landform: ridge
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/7/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots and 21.0 coarse roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary.
    BA—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary.
    Bt1—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, chlorophenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P04594
    Bt2—52 to 89 centimeters (20.5 to 35.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay; 21 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) coarse distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P04595
    Bt3—89 to 170 centimeters (35.0 to 66.9 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay; 21 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) coarse distinct mottles; strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 12 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, chlorophenol red; gradual wavy boundary.
    BC—170 to 190 centimeters (66.9 to 74.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) gravelly sandy clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 75 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green.