IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Melvin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 90KY-135-028
  • User Pedon ID: 90KY-135-028
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 90KY-135-028
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 90KY-135-028
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46823
  • 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: 38.4828300
  • Std. Longitude: -83.5596085
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Lewis County, KY; Atlas sheet 30B; about 1.2 miles southeast of the junction of KY-989 and Buck Lick Branch Road at Burtonville, about 350 feet south of Buck Lick Branch Road, and about 400 feet north of Buck Lick Branch. X: 2,197,200 feet, Y: 358,560 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-silty, mixed, nonacid, mesic Typic Fluvaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Melvin
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Melvin
  • Classificaton Date - 11/2/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Mixed alluvium of the Quaternary Geologic System
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/2/1990 (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

    ACSA2

    QUMU

    QUPA2

    Acer saccharinum

    Quercus muehlenbergii

    Quercus palustris

    silver maple

    chinquapin oak

    pin 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
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    Ag—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and greenish gray (5GY 6/1) silt loam; 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine prominent and 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; weak fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots and 0.0 coarse roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3281
    Cg1—18 to 53 centimeters (7.1 to 20.9 inches); greenish gray (5GY 6/1) silt loam; 30 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) fine prominent and 30 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) medium prominent and 30 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) coarse prominent mottles; structureless massive; friable; 1.0 fine roots; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3282
    Cg2—53 to 102 centimeters (20.9 to 40.2 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) and greenish gray (5GY 6/1) silt loam; 30 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium faint and 30 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) coarse faint mottles; structureless massive; friable; 0.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 30 percent fine manganese masses and 30 percent masses of oxidized iron; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3283
    Cg3—102 to 178 centimeters (40.2 to 70.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) silt loam; 15 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium faint mottles; structureless massive; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # KY3284