IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nicholson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 96KY-227-010
  • User Pedon ID: 96KY-227-010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 96KY-227-010
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47466
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 36.9350777
  • Std. Longitude: -86.4680328
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Warren County, KY; approximately 0.18 mile south of the intersection of William Natcher Parkway and 31-W; 0.9 mile west of Bennett Road; then 0.13 mile north of Bennett road in outdoor classroom site.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY227—Warren
  • MLRA: 122—Highland Rim and Pennyroyal
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-COO—Cookeville, Tennessee
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY227—Warren County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Michael J. Mitchell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fraglossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Nicholson
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/17/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nicholson
  • Classificaton Date - 9/19/1996
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: karst
  • Landform: depression
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/19/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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
    cm

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    79 - 97

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    Setting and Climate
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3813
    Bt1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots and 1.0 fine roots; 20 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 4 percent manganese masses; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3814
    Bt2—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots; 30 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent manganese masses; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3815
    Bt3—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots; 30 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume ironstone nodules fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3816
    B/E—66 to 79 centimeters (26.0 to 31.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3) silt loam; coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films; 5 percent manganese coatings and 5 percent manganese masses and 15 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) clay depletions; 1 percent by volume ironstone nodules fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3817
    Bx—79 to 97 centimeters (31.1 to 38.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam; very coarse prismatic structure; very firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 30 percent distinct clay films; 5 percent manganese coatings and 5 percent manganese masses and 10 percent medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/2) clay depletions; 1 percent by volume ironstone nodules fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3818
    BC—97 to 142 centimeters (38.2 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent distinct clay films; 30 percent medium distinct light gray (10YR 7/1) clay depletions infused into matrix along faces of peds and 30 percent manganese coatings and 30 percent manganese masses; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3819
    C—142 to 170 centimeters (55.9 to 66.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay; structureless massive; very firm; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 15 percent manganese masses and 20 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # KY3820