IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Unnamed
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963KY147003
  • User Pedon ID: S1963KY147003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1963KY147003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4291
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40454
  • 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: 36.6177788
  • Std. Longitude: -84.4030533
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: North off Hwy. 759 about 2.2 miles east of US 27
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY147—McCreary
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY630—McCreary-Whitley Area, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. H. Winsor and C. K. Losche
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unnamed
  • Classificaton Date - 10/15/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/15/1963 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    QUAL

    Pinus virginiana

    Quercus alba

    Virginia pine

    white oak

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    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

    37

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Ap1—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; 12 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A32735. 12 percent shale fragments
    Ap2—1 to 13 centimeters (0.4 to 5.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; 12 percent by volume unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A32736
    B1—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 21.0 roots; 30 percent clay films; 12 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A32737
    Bt21—23 to 53 centimeters (9.1 to 20.9 inches); variegated strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) mottles; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 30 percent clay films; 16 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A32738
    Bt22—53 to 89 centimeters (20.9 to 35.0 inches); variegated red (2.5YR 5/6) silty clay; 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium distinct and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak prismatic parts to moderate subangular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; 75 percent clay films; 50 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A32739
    R—89 to 152 centimeters (35.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and red (2.5YR 4/6); fragments. Lab sample # 40A32740