IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shelocta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 94KY-159-002
  • User Pedon ID: 94KY-159-002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 94KY-159-002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47445
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Martin County, KY; 4.5 miles southwest of Pigeonroost on KY Hwy 1439 to the confluence of Wolf Creek and Meathouse Creek, 2.25 miles south on KY Hwy 1439 along Meathouse Creek to a gas well road, 1 mile southeast along the gas well road to the confluence on an intermittent drain and Meathouse Creek.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY159—Martin
  • MLRA: 125—Cumberland Plateau and Mountains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-LON—London, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY640—Lawrence and Martin Counties, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37082-F4—Varney, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelocta
  • PSC - 8 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelocta
  • Classificaton Date - 3/3/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Mixed colluvium from acid shale, siltstone, and sandstone
  • Landscape: upland
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: moderately coherent siltstone, unspecified at 168cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/3/1994 (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
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
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    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
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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; friable; 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3680
    Bt1—8 to 33 centimeters (3.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) channery silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 50 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3681
    Bt2—33 to 66 centimeters (13.0 to 26.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3682
    Bt3—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) channery silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3683
    Bt4—91 to 132 centimeters (35.8 to 52.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) channery loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3684
    Bt5—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3685
    C—152 to 168 centimeters (59.8 to 66.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) extremely channery silt loam; structureless massive; very firm; 30 percent medium prominent pale red (2.5YR 6/2) masses of reduced iron; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3686
    Cr—168 to 180 centimeters (66.1 to 70.9 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # KY3687