IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tilsit
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963KY085001
  • User Pedon ID: S1963KY085001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4302
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40465
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024
  • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 2 miles south of Caneyville on Hessie Anderson farm; 430 feet northwest of Anderson residence
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY085—Grayson
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY085—Grayson County, Kentucky
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. V. Huffman and W. H. Zimmerman
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tilsit
  • Classificaton Date - 10/11/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/11/1963 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • 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

    2

    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular, and weak medium platy structure; very friable; medium and fine pores; worm casts; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A32830
    B1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; 21.0 roots; 3.0 medium pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A32831
    Bt2—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 21.0 roots; 10 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A32832. patchy - phpvsfiid 382182; patchy - phpvsfiid 382182
    A'2—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint and 3 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine faint mottles; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 21.0 medium pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A32833
    B1XT—61 to 97 centimeters (24.0 to 38.2 inches); silty clay loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint and dark brown (10YR 3/3) medium faint and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium faint mottles; coarse prismatic structure; firm; brittle; 0.5 roots in cracks; 0.5 medium pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32834
    B2X—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; brittle; gray (10YR 6/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32835. Loess - slightly deeper than typical for Tilsit.
    2B3—122 to 157 centimeters (48.0 to 61.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; thick clay films on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 6-9-12 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A32836
    2C1—157 to 193 centimeters (61.8 to 76.0 inches); very fine sandy loam; gray (5Y 6/1) coarse distinct and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) coarse distinct and gray (N 6/0) coarse distinct mottles; massive; 1 percent manganese coatings; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A32837. Few very dark brown concretions, some black manganese staining, last horizon sampled.
    2C2—193 to 239 centimeters (76.0 to 94.1 inches); clay loam; fine interstitial pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A32838. Thin bedded, highly weathered, sandstones and shales with clay loam and fine sandy clay interstital materials varying from yellowish brown to gray.
    R—239 centimeters (94.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A32839. Sandstone.