IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shelocta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 90KY-135-003
  • User Pedon ID: 90KY-135-003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 90KY-135-003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 90KY-135-003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46812
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 38.4611626
  • Std. Longitude: -83.3315430
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Lewis County, KY; Atlas sheet 32A; about 3.1 miles southewest of the confluence of Straight Fork and Kinniconick Creek at Camp Dix, about 2 miles west of confluence of Straight Fork and Moxby Creek, and about 40 feet north of Mosby Creek in road bank. X: 2,262,350 feet, Y: 350,550 feet.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY135—Lewis
  • MLRA: 124—Western Allegheny Plateau
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 13-2—Huntington, West Virginia
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY135—Lewis County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Jacobs and D. Dotson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelocta
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelocta
  • Classificaton Date - 1/9/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Shale, siltstone, and sandstone colluvium and residuum of the Borden Formation, Mississippian Geologic System
  • Landscape: upland
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/9/1990 (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

    QUAL

    QURU

    Quercus alba

    Quercus rubra

    white oak

    northern red oak

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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

    25

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) gravelly silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 1.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; 20 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3211
    E—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 20 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3212
    Bt1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3213
    Bt2—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 50 percent distinct clay films on rock fragments; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3214
    Bt3—58 to 71 centimeters (22.8 to 28.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 50 percent distinct clay films on rock fragments; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3215
    Bt4—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) loam; 15 percent olive (5Y 5/4) fine faint mottles; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 50 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3216
    Bt5—91 to 102 centimeters (35.8 to 40.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) very gravelly loam; 15 percent olive yellow (5Y 6/8) fine faint and 15 percent olive (5Y 5/4) fine faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # KY3217