IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rossmoyne
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 98KY-015-008
  • User Pedon ID: 98KY-015-008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 98KY-015-008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47485
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Davis' farm.
  • 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-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Fragiudalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rossmoyne
  • PSC - 13 to 48 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/17/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rossmoyne
  • Classificaton Date - 5/25/1998
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Residuum (loess over glacial till)
  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/25/1998 (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
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

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    48 - 79

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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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak granular structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3919
    Bt1—13 to 37 centimeters (5.1 to 14.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silty clay loam; weak subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3920
    Bt2—37 to 48 centimeters (14.6 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) iron depletions; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3921
    Btx1—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak platy structure; firm; manganese masses and 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3922
    Btx2—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay; weak platy structure; firm; 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3923
    2Bt—79 to 110 centimeters (31.1 to 43.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay; weak subangular blocky structure; firm; manganese masses and 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) iron depletions and 30 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) iron depletions; fragments. Lab sample # KY3924