IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Captina
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 84KY-069-001
  • User Pedon ID: 84KY-069-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 84KY-069-001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46732
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: About 2 miles southwest of Sunset; 1.3 miles SW of junction of Harmon Lane and KY Hwy 158; 0.7 mile west of Harmon Lane; 1100 feet NW of farm house.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY069—Fleming
  • MLRA: 121—Kentucky Bluegrass
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 18-4—Frankfort, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY069—Fleming County, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38083-C6—Hillsboro, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Rudy Forsythe and Steve Jacobs
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Fragiudults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Captina
  • PSC - 23 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Captina
  • Classificaton Date - 5/15/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/15/1984 (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
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

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    64 - 130

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    Setting and Climate
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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2685
    Bt1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2686. patchy - phpvsfiid 635470; patchy - phpvsfiid 635470
    Bt2—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2687. continuous - phpvsfiid 635471; continuous - phpvsfiid 635471
    Btx1—64 to 74 centimeters (25.2 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct and 15 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) fine distinct and 15 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; brittle; 30 percent clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2688. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635472; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635472
    Btx2—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct and 15 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium distinct and 15 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium distinct mottles; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 30 percent clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2689. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635473; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635473
    Btx3—97 to 130 centimeters (38.2 to 51.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) clay loam; moderate very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 30 percent clay films; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2690. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635474; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 635474
    C1—130 to 163 centimeters (51.2 to 64.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silty clay loam; 15 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 15 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; firm; 15 percent mica flakes, unspecified; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2691
    C2—163 centimeters (64.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 15 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) coarse distinct and 15 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium prominent and 15 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) coarse prominent and 15 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) medium distinct and 15 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) coarse distinct and 15 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) medium prominent and 15 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) coarse prominent and 15 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; firm; 15 percent mica flakes, unspecified; fragments. Lab sample # KY2692