IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Christian
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 87KY-045-004
  • User Pedon ID: 87KY-045-004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 87KY-045-004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46774
  • 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: 37.2772942
  • Std. Longitude: -84.9588165
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 200 feet west of US Hwy 127; 0.5 mile south of Pricetown, KY; 3 miles SW of Liberty, KY.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY045—Casey
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 18-4—Frankfort, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY045—Casey County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H.S. Evans, O.J. Whitaker, and J.P. Fehr
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Christian
  • PSC - 19 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Christian
  • Classificaton Date - 6/9/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Residuum from limestone-siltstone material over residuum from a siltstone-noncalcareous material
  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/9/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: Crops
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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 19 centimeters (0.0 to 7.5 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2980
    Bt1—19 to 40 centimeters (7.5 to 15.7 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 50 percent distinct clay films; 3 percent by volume 2-?-12 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2981. continuous - phpvsfiid 639139; continuous - phpvsfiid 639139
    Bt2—40 to 68 centimeters (15.7 to 26.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2982. continuous - phpvsfiid 639140; continuous - phpvsfiid 639140
    Bt3—68 to 87 centimeters (26.8 to 34.3 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silty clay; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2983. continuous - phpvsfiid 639141; continuous - phpvsfiid 639141
    Bt4—87 to 119 centimeters (34.3 to 46.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 30 percent pale yellow (5Y 7/3) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2984. continuous - phpvsfiid 639142; continuous - phpvsfiid 639142
    BC1—119 to 146 centimeters (46.9 to 57.5 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 30 percent light gray (5Y 7/2) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent medium irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2985. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 639143; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 639143
    BC2—146 to 160 centimeters (57.5 to 63.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) sandy clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2986
    2C1—160 to 192 centimeters (63.0 to 75.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silty clay; 15 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) medium distinct and 15 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) medium prominent mottles; structureless massive; very firm; 30 percent prominent pressure faces on top faces of peds and 30 percent prominent pressure faces on tops of rock fragments; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2987. continuous - phpvsfiid 639144; continuous - phpvsfiid 639145; continuous - phpvsfiid 639144; continuous - phpvsfiid 639145
    2C2—192 to 220 centimeters (75.6 to 86.6 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) silty clay; 15 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; structureless massive; very firm; 30 percent prominent pressure faces on top faces of peds and 30 percent prominent pressure faces on tops of rock fragments; fragments. Lab sample # KY2988. continuous - phpvsfiid 639146; continuous - phpvsfiid 639147; continuous - phpvsfiid 639146; continuous - phpvsfiid 639147