IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lowell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960KY049006
  • User Pedon ID: S1960KY049006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960KY049006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4884
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41573
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: On Muddy Creek Road, 1.7 miles south of railroad overpass near city limits; through stone farm gate on unimproved farm road; 1,000 feet along farm road to bend; 30 feet from road to south side. Photo AFN-2N-10.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY049—Clark
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY049—Clark County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. V. Huffman
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lowell
  • Classificaton Date - 11/9/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/9/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AFN-2N-10
  • 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

    POA

    Poa

    bluegrass

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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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    10

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    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A37034
    B1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 0.5 pores; 3 percent spherical brown (10YR 4/3) dark concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37035
    B2—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21.0 roots; clay films; 21 percent spherical brown (10YR 4/3) dark concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37036. continuous - phpvsfiid 197611; continuous - phpvsfiid 197611
    B3—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint and 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) medium faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; clay films; noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions and 21 percent brown (10YR 4/3) dark concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37037. patchy - phpvsfiid 197612; patchy - phpvsfiid 197612
    C—79 to 91 centimeters (31.1 to 35.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; 21 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct and 21 percent pale olive (5Y 6/3) fine distinct mottles; massive; very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; 21 percent black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions and 21 percent brown (10YR 4/3) dark concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37038
    R—91 to 100 centimeters (35.8 to 39.4 inches); limestone, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 40A37039. Cynthiana limestone bedrock.