IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gilpin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983KY195021
  • User Pedon ID: 83KY195021
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0674
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53461
  • Print Date: 5/29/2024

    • 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: 37.5055611
  • Std. Longitude: -82.2410667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: X 3,017,600 Y 445,650 Dicks Knob area.
  • Map Unit: MaF—Marrowbone-Clifftop-Matewan complex, 35 to 75 percent slopes, very rocky
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY195—Pike
  • MLRA: 125—Cumberland Plateau and Mountains
  • Regional Office: 6—Morgantown, WV
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-LON—London, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY195—Pike County, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37082-E2—Matewan, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kelley-Horvath
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 21
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gilpin
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludults
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1983
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1983 (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
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    45

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    695

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    225

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    Oa—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior undecomposed organic matter; fragments. Not sampled. Burned leaf litter.
    A—1 to 9 centimeters (0.4 to 3.5 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03311. common fine and medium roots
    BA—9 to 19 centimeters (3.5 to 7.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03312. common fine and medium roots
    Bt1—19 to 44 centimeters (7.5 to 17.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03313. few fine and medium roots; common fine distinct 10YR54 mottles
    Bt2—44 to 65 centimeters (17.3 to 25.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior shaly silty clay loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine to coarse roots; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03314. few fine to coarse roots; common fine distinct 10YR54 mottles
    Bt3—65 to 81 centimeters (25.6 to 31.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior shaly silty clay loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03315. few fine roots; common fine distinct 10YR54 mottles
    Cr—81 to 85 centimeters (31.9 to 33.5 inches); weathered bedrock; fragments. Not sampled. Olive shale and siltstone.