IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wheeling
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 97KY-015-008
  • User Pedon ID: 97KY-015-008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 97KY-015-008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 97KY-015-008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47474
  • Print Date: 4/26/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: River Road (KY Hwy 8).
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY015—Boone
  • MLRA: 121—Kentucky Bluegrass
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 18-4—Frankfort, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY603—Boone, Campbell, and Kenton Counties, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A.D. Karathanasis
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wheeling
  • PSC - 35 to 85 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/17/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wheeling
  • Classificaton Date - 5/3/1997
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Alluvium
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/3/1997 (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

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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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

    3

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    Ap—0 to 35 centimeters (0.0 to 13.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) sandy loam; weak granular structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3856
    Bt1—35 to 50 centimeters (13.8 to 19.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) loam; moderate subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3857
    Bt2—50 to 80 centimeters (19.7 to 31.5 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) loam; moderate subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3858
    Bt3—80 to 122 centimeters (31.5 to 48.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # KY3859