IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shelocta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963KY147001
  • User Pedon ID: S1963KY147001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1963KY147001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4303
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40466
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 36.6177788
  • Std. Longitude: -84.4030533
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: North off Hwy. 759 about 2.2 miles east of US Hwy. 27
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY147—McCreary
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY630—McCreary-Whitley Area, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. H. Winsor and G. K. Losche
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelocta
  • Classificaton Date - 10/14/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/14/1963 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • 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

    PIVI2

    Pinus virginiana

    Virginia pine

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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

    36

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    AP—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 10 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A32840
    A12—1 to 18 centimeters (0.4 to 7.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 10 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A32841
    B1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; 17 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A32842
    B21t—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 10 percent clay films and 10 percent silt coats; 17 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32843
    B22t—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 roots; 10 percent silt coats and 30 percent clay films; 17 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32844
    B23t—74 to 89 centimeters (29.1 to 35.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 17 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32845
    B3—89 to 107 centimeters (35.0 to 42.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 roots; 10 percent silt coats and 10 percent clay films; 35 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32846
    C—107 to 122 centimeters (42.1 to 48.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 50 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A32847
    R—122 centimeters (48.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4); fragments. Lab sample # 40A32848