IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muse
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 84KY-069-UK3
  • User Pedon ID: 84KY-069-UK3
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 84KY-069-UK3
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 84KY-069-UK3
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46737
  • 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: 38.4207535
  • Std. Longitude: -83.6119308
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Near Wallingford.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY069—Fleming
  • MLRA: 124—Western Allegheny Plateau
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 13-2—Huntington, West Virginia
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY069—Fleming County, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38083-D5—Burtonville, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A.D. Karathanasis and Terry Sobecki
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, illitic, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Muse
  • PSC - 17 to 67 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muse
  • Classificaton Date - 6/9/1984
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Colluvium over Bedford gray shale residuum
  • Landscape: upland
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/9/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CARYA

    QUERC

    Carya

    Quercus

    hybrid hickory

    oak

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

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    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

    20

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; very friable; 2 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2716
    BA—5 to 17 centimeters (2.0 to 6.7 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2717
    Bt1—17 to 37 centimeters (6.7 to 14.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 5 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume shale, acid fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2718
    2Btb1—37 to 50 centimeters (14.6 to 19.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 7 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2719
    2Btb2—50 to 70 centimeters (19.7 to 27.6 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 12 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2720
    2Btb3—70 to 87 centimeters (27.6 to 34.3 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 12 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2721
    2B/Ctb1—87 to 105 centimeters (34.3 to 41.3 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 8 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2722
    3B/Ctb2—105 to 117 centimeters (41.3 to 46.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silty clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 8 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2723
    3C—117 to 132 centimeters (46.1 to 52.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) channery silty clay; structureless massive; firm; 18 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2724
    3Cr1—132 to 150 centimeters (52.0 to 59.1 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) silty clay; 30 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine distinct and 30 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse platy structure; very firm; 10 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2725
    3Cr2—150 to 180 centimeters (59.1 to 70.9 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) silty clay; moderate coarse platy structure; very firm; 6 percent by volume siltstone, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary.
    3Cr3—180 to 188 centimeters (70.9 to 74.0 inches); greenish gray (5BG 6/1) silty clay loam; 15 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium platy structure; firm; 15 percent by volume shale, acid fragments.