IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wheeling
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 90KY-135-012
  • User Pedon ID: 90KY-135-012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 90KY-135-012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 90KY-135-012
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46816
  • Print Date: 4/26/2024

    • 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: 38.6692162
  • Std. Longitude: -83.6248856
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Lewis County, KY; Atlas sheet 6; about 2.5 miles east of intersection of CSX railroad tracks and Mason-Lewis County line; about 225 feet north of the CSX railroad tracks, about 50 feet north of a barn. X: 2,178,560 feet, Y: 425,450 feet.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY135—Lewis
  • MLRA: 121—Kentucky Bluegrass
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 18-4—Frankfort, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY135—Lewis County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Jacobs and D. Dotson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wheeling
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wheeling
  • Classificaton Date - 6/26/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Mixed alluvium of the Ohio River floodplain, Quaternary Geologic System
  • Landform: terrace
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/26/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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

    NICOT

    Nicotiana

    tobacco

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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

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    A—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3235
    Bt1—23 to 51 centimeters (9.1 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent faint clay bridges on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3236
    Bt2—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 50 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3237
    Bt3—69 to 81 centimeters (27.2 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 50 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3238
    2Bw1—81 to 112 centimeters (31.9 to 44.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) sandy loam; weak fine granular, and structureless single grain; very friable; 5 percent faint clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3239
    3Bt4—112 to 142 centimeters (44.1 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3240
    4Bw2—142 to 147 centimeters (55.9 to 57.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) sandy loam; weak fine granular, and structureless single grain; very friable; 5 percent faint clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3241
    5Bt5—147 to 163 centimeters (57.9 to 64.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent faint clay films between sand grains; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3242
    6Bw3—163 to 175 centimeters (64.2 to 68.9 inches); sandy loam; fragments. Lab sample # KY3243