IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S10KY149001
  • User Pedon ID: S10KY149001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S10KY149001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N1055
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55344
  • 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: 37.5945816
  • Std. Longitude: -87.3380814
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Mauzy pits for water project.
  • Map Unit: LoC—Loring silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY149—McLean
  • MLRA: 120A—Kentucky and Indiana Sandstone and Shale Hills and Valleys, Southern Part
  • Regional Office: 18obsolete—Lexington, KY
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-OWN—Owensboro, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY631—McLean and Muhlenberg Counties, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37087-E3—Calhoun, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Matt McCauley and Steve Neyhouse and Dave Gehring
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alford
  • PSC - 19 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/16/2012
  • Classifier - David Gehring
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Alford
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 19 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/21/2010
  • Classifier - Matt McCauley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria fine-silty noncalcareous loess over Roxanna fine-silty noncalcareous loess over loamy residuum weathered from sandstone and shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Loess member.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Vegplot Text Note(s): NASIS Site Name (MLRA06_Morgantown) was transferred over (MLRA12_Amherst) to align with the new USDA-NRCS SPSD Regional Office boundaries. The MLRA12-Amherst NASIS Site will eventually be renamed as the Northeast NASIS Site.

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/21/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    DAGL

    LOAR10

    TRPR2

    Dactylis glomerata

    Lolium arundinaceum

    Trifolium pratense

    orchardgrass

    tall fescue

    red clover

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—19

    19—203

    —19—

    —184—
    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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    149

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    270

    1120

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    196

    14.4

    25.3

    2.8

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    KY6595

    Providence

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    Ap—0 to 19 centimeters (0.0 to 7.5 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; 4 percent sand; 80 percent silt; 16 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N05158; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—19 to 38 centimeters (7.5 to 15.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 4 percent sand; 66 percent silt; 32 percent clay; strong fine prismatic parts to strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.0 fine roots throughout; 25 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N05159; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 542273; continuous - phpvsfiid 542273
    Bt2—38 to 76 centimeters (15.0 to 29.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 67 percent silt; 28 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N05160, 10N05161; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 542274; continuous - phpvsfiid 542274
    Bt3—76 to 116 centimeters (29.9 to 45.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 71 percent silt; 24 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 15 percent prominent very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N05162, 10N05163; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 542275; continuous - phpvsfiid 542276; continuous - phpvsfiid 542275; continuous - phpvsfiid 542276
    2Bt4—116 to 140 centimeters (45.7 to 55.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; 10 percent sand; 69 percent silt; 21 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 15 percent prominent very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 25 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 35 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N05164; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 542279; continuous - phpvsfiid 542277; continuous - phpvsfiid 542278; continuous - phpvsfiid 542279; continuous - phpvsfiid 542277; continuous - phpvsfiid 542278
    2Bt5—140 to 155 centimeters (55.1 to 61.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; 12 percent sand; 67 percent silt; 21 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 25 percent prominent very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N05165; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 542280; continuous - phpvsfiid 542281; continuous - phpvsfiid 542280; continuous - phpvsfiid 542281
    3Bt6—155 to 203 centimeters (61.0 to 79.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) loam; 30 percent sand; 48 percent silt; 22 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 60 percent prominent very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter. Lab sample # 10N05166, 10N05167; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 542282; continuous - phpvsfiid 542283; continuous - phpvsfiid 542282; continuous - phpvsfiid 542283