IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S10KY149004
  • User Pedon ID: S10KY149004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S10KY149004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N1058
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55347
  • Print Date: 4/28/2024

    • 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: 37.5945549
  • Std. Longitude: -87.3396912
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Mauzy pits for water project.
  • Map Unit: WlD3—Wellston silt loam, 12 to 30 percent slopes, severely eroded
  • 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
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - unnamed
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - family
  • PSC - 66 to 116 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/22/2010
  • Classifier - Matt McCauley
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty slope alluvium over Peoria fine-silty noncalcareous loess over clayey residuum weathered from sandstone and shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Mcleansboro Group group .
  • 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: 6/22/2010 (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—16

    66—182

    —16—

    —116—
    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

    6

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    137.5

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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 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; 5 percent sand; 81 percent silt; 14 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots throughout; 15 percent prominent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on vertical 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 and 1 percent fine distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N05191. patchy - phpvsfiid 542313; patchy - phpvsfiid 542313
    Bw1—16 to 28 centimeters (6.3 to 11.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 5 percent sand; 79 percent silt; 16 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N05192
    Bw2—28 to 56 centimeters (11.0 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 6 percent sand; 78 percent silt; 16 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds and 25 percent fine distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N05193. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 542314; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 542314
    Ab—56 to 66 centimeters (22.0 to 26.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; 10 percent sand; 73 percent silt; 17 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 25 percent prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N05194. continuous - phpvsfiid 542315; continuous - phpvsfiid 542315
    Btb1—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 10 percent sand; 67 percent silt; 23 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 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 surfaces along pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N05195. patchy - phpvsfiid 542316; patchy - phpvsfiid 542316
    Btb2—84 to 103 centimeters (33.1 to 40.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 9 percent sand; 62 percent silt; 29 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 30 percent prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 60 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 surfaces along pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N05196. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 542318; continuous - phpvsfiid 542317; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 542318; continuous - phpvsfiid 542317
    Btb3—103 to 117 centimeters (40.6 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 9 percent sand; 64 percent silt; 27 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 25 percent prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 65 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 5.2, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N05197. continuous - phpvsfiid 542319; continuous - phpvsfiid 542320; continuous - phpvsfiid 542319; continuous - phpvsfiid 542320
    Btb4—117 to 135 centimeters (46.1 to 53.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 63 percent silt; 32 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 65 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 65 percent prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 5 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 5.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N05198. continuous - phpvsfiid 542321; continuous - phpvsfiid 542322; continuous - phpvsfiid 542321; continuous - phpvsfiid 542322
    2Btb5—135 to 151 centimeters (53.1 to 59.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 8 percent sand; 60 percent silt; 32 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 65 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium prominent spherical moderately coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries in matrix and 15 percent fine prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented manganese coatings with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds and 15 percent medium distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular moderately coherent cemented 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N05199. continuous - phpvsfiid 542323; continuous - phpvsfiid 542323
    2Btb6—151 to 182 centimeters (59.4 to 71.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay; 22 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 42 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 30 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds and 5 percent medium distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N05200, 10N05201. continuous - phpvsfiid 542324; continuous - phpvsfiid 542325; continuous - phpvsfiid 542324; continuous - phpvsfiid 542325
    2BC—182 to 203 centimeters (71.7 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay; 21 percent sand; 37 percent silt; 42 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 5 percent medium prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 10 percent medium prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented black (N 2.5/), moist, manganese masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 22 percent medium distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 25 percent fine prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings with diffuse boundaries on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-?-10 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter. Lab sample # 10N05202