IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Atkins
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 99KY-011-001
  • User Pedon ID: 99KY-011-001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 99KY-011-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 99KY-011-001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47497
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Bath County, KY; about 1.8 mils South of junction of &S-60 and Kentucky Hwy 211 in Bath Co.; about 0.5 mile East of KY Hwy 211 and Mud Lick Road; about 920 feet NE of KY Hwy 211; and about 300 feet West of Salt Lick Creek.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY011—Bath
  • MLRA: 124—Western Allegheny Plateau
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: 13-2—Huntington, West Virginia
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY011—Bath County, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38083-A5—Salt Lick, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Hines and S. Jacobs
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Fluvaquentic Endoaquepts
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Atkins
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/17/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Atkins
  • Classificaton Date - 12/3/1998
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/3/1998 (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

    SOHA

    ZEMA

    Sorghum halepense

    Zea mays

    Johnsongrass

    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
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    Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) silty clay loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 10.0 fine roots; 1 percent iron-manganese nodules and 15 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3997
    Ap2—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots; 1 percent medium prominent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent iron-manganese nodules and 15 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3998
    Bg1—15 to 41 centimeters (5.9 to 16.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots; 1 percent iron-manganese nodules and 30 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 30 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3999
    Bg2—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 3 percent medium iron-manganese nodules and 30 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 30 percent coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY4000
    Cg1—66 to 114 centimeters (26.0 to 44.9 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) silty clay; structureless massive; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 20 percent very coarse iron-manganese nodules and 30 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 30 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 30 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and gray (2.5Y 6/1) masses of reduced iron between peds and 30 percent coarse distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) masses of reduced iron between peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY4001
    Cg2—114 to 140 centimeters (44.9 to 55.1 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) silty clay; structureless massive; firm; 10 percent fine iron-manganese nodules and 15 percent medium faint pale olive (5Y 6/3) iron depletions and 30 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # KY4002