IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Allegheny
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 98KY-011-003
  • User Pedon ID: 98KY-011-003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 98KY-011-003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 98KY-011-003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47477
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Bath County, KY; about 1.1 miles NW of Kentucky Highway 1602 at Oakley in Bath Co.; about 1 mile W/SW of the confluence of Indian Creek and the Licking River and about 600 feet north of the Licking River.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY011—Bath
  • MLRA: 121—Kentucky Bluegrass
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 18-4—Frankfort, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY011—Bath County, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38083-C6—Hillsboro, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Hines and S. Jacobs
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludults
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Allegheny
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/17/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Allegheny
  • Classificaton Date - 8/14/1998
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: High level fluvial deposits of silt, sand, and gravel
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: terrace
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/14/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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

    LESPE

    LOAR10

    VERNO

    Lespedeza

    Lolium arundinaceum

    Vernonia

    lespedeza

    tall fescue

    ironweed

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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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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3872
    Bt1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 10 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3873
    Bt2—38 to 99 centimeters (15.0 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots and 0.5 fine roots; 50 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3874
    Bt3—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; weak platy structure; friable; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3875
    BC—122 to 142 centimeters (48.0 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loamy sand; medium platy, and structureless single grain; friable; 10 percent clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3876
    C1—142 to 183 centimeters (55.9 to 72.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy sand; structureless single grain; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3877
    C2—183 to 201 centimeters (72.0 to 79.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; structureless massive; friable; fragments. Lab sample # KY3878