LOCATION SANDVIEW KY
Established Series
JAK:RAE:JMR
12/2021
SANDVIEW SERIES
The Sandview series consist of very deep, well drained soils formed in a thin mantle of silty material and residuum weathered from limestone. Permeability is moderate in the upper part of the solum and moderately slow in the lower part. These nearly level to moderately steep soils are on upland ridges, side slopes, and toe slopes. Slopes range from 0 to 20 percent. Mean annual temperature is about 57 degrees F, and the mean annual precipitation is about 46 inches.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
TYPICAL PEDON: Sandview silt loam - on a 2 percent nearly level upland ridge in pasture at 890 feet elevation. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated).
Ap--0 to 8 inches; brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; common fine roots; slightly acid; abrupt smooth boundary (5 to 10 inches thick).
Bt1--8 to 19 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; common dark brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; slightly acid; clear smooth boundary.
Bt2--19 to 28 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common fine pores; common dark brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; medium acid; clear smooth boundary.
Bt3--28 to 35 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; few fine faint pale brown (10YR 6/3) mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; common fine pores; common dark brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; very strongly acid; abrupt wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bt horizons is 15 to 40 inches).
2Bt4--35 to 47 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; very few pores; common dark (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent chert fragments up to 2 inches; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary.
2Bt5--47 to 56 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; common dark brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; few black iron and manganese oxide concretions; 5 percent chert fragments up to 2 inches; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary.
2Bt6--56 to 64 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; few fine faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) mottles; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; few discontinuous dark brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films of faces of peds; many black iron and manganese oxide concretions; medium acid; clear wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of the 2Bt horizons is 20 to 50 inches.)
2BC--64 to 70 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay; few fine faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) mottles; weak coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; few iron and manganese oxides concretions; neutral; clear wavy boundary (0 to 10 inches thick).
2C--70 to 78 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay; common medium distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) mottles; massive; very firm; few concretions; 2 percent limestone channers; neutral; abrupt wavy boundary (0 to 10 inches thick).
2R--78 inches; hard gray limestone.
TYPE LOCATION: Marion County, Kentucky about 6 miles northeast of Lebanon; 5,500 feet northwest of junction of KY Highway 1195 and St. Ivos Road; on Springfield USGS Quadrangle, east about 2,176,100 feet and north about 471,300 feet by the Kentucky Coordinate Grid System.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Thickness of the solum and depth to bedrock is more than 60 inches. Rock fragments range from 0 to 10 percent in the lower solum and substratum. Fragments are limestone, siltstone, chert, or shale. The soil ranges from very strongly acid to neutral in the upper part of the solum and from strongly acid to mildly alkaline in the lower part of the solum and substratum.
The Ap horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 2 to 4, but the Ap to a depth of 7 inches after mixing has value moist of 4 or more. Texture is silt loam or silty clay loam. Structure is weak or moderate, fine or medium, granular or subangular blocky.
The B horizon has hue of 5YR to 10YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 4 to 8. Some pedons are mottled in shades of brown in the lower part. It is a silt loam or silty clay loam. Structure is weak or moderate, fine or medium, subangular blocky.
The 2Bt horizon has hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 3 to 8. If the hue is 7.5YR, the chroma is 4 or less. Some pedons are mottled in shades of brown, gray, and olive. It is silty clay or clay. Structure is weak or moderate, medium or coarse, angular or subangular blocky.
The 2BC or 2CB horizon has hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 3 to 6, and chroma of 2 to 8. Mottles are in the shades of brown, gray and olive. Texture is silty clay or clay.
The 2C horizon has hue of 7.5YR to 2.5Y, value of 3 to 6 and chroma of 2 to 8. Mottles are in shades of brown, gray and olive. Texture is silty clay or clay.
The 2R horizon is hard gray limestone.
COMPETING SERIES: These are
Alford,
Baraboo,
Bertrand,
Birkbeck,
Blackhammer,
Cadiz,
Camden,
Dodge,
Dubuque,
Elco,
Eleroy,
Fayette,
Flagg,
Hackers,
Inton,
Iona,
Jackson,
Knowles,
La Farge,
Lomira,
Marseilles,
Martinsburg,
Mayville,
Menfro,
Mentor,
Middletown,
Minnith,
Palsgrove,
Rozetta,
Rush,
Russell,
Seaton,
St. Charles,
Sylvan,
Uniontown,
Weingarten,
Westmore,
Winfield, and
Zurich series in the same soils family. Alford soils are formed in loess Baraboo, Dubuque, Knowles, La Farge, and Marseilles soils have bedrock within depths of 40 inches. Blackhammer, Cadi, Fayette, Inton, Minnith, Palsgrove, and Sylvan soils have sola less than 60 1nches thick. Bertrand, Birkbeck, Camden, Dodge, Jackson, Middletown, Rush, Russell, and St. Charles soils have more sand in the lower part of the solum. Lomira soils have sola less than 40 inches thick. Elco, Iona, Martinsburg, and Rozetta soils have low chroma mottles in the lower part of series control section. Flagg and Hackers soils have redder hue in the B horizon. Menfro, Mentor, Seaton, and Uniontown soils have less clay in the lower subsoil. Winfield soils are dominantly gray in the lower part of the solum. Mayville and Zurich soils have erratics in the lower part of the control section. Westmore soils may have bedrock less than 60 inches and are formed from silty material and underlying residuum weathered from interbedded siltstone, shale, sandstone and limestone. The
Shelbyville and
Maury soils are in related families. Shelbyville soils have a dark colored A horizon. Maury soils have more than 35 percent clay in the particle size control section.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Sandview soils are on nearly level to moderately steep upland ridges, side slopes, and toe slopes. Slopes range from 0 to 20 percent. They formed in a thin mantle of silty material and residuum weathered from limestone. Mean annual temperature ranges from 53 to 57 degrees F and the mean annual precipitation ranges from 40 to 49 inches.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the
Caleast,
Cynthiana,
Fairmount,
Faywood,
Lowell,
Maury, McAfee and
Nicholson series. Cynthiana and Fairmount soils are less than 20 inches to bedrock. Caleast, Faywood, Lowell, Maury, and McAfee soils have more than 35 percent clay in the particle size control section. Nicholson soils have a fragipan.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Well drained. Runoff is medium to rapid. Permeability is moderate in the upper part of the solum and moderately slow in the lower part.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are used for growing crops or pasture. Major crops grown are small grains, corn, soybeans, tobacco, and hay. Native vegetation was hardwood forests.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Sandview soils are in the Inner Bluegrass, Hills of the Bluegrass, and Outer Bluegrass Regions of Kentucky and possibly southern Ohio. The area is estimated to be of moderate extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Morgantown, West Virginia
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Marion County, Kentucky, 1986. Series name was coined from a small settlement in northeast Marion County called Sandusky Station.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons in the pedon are:
Ochric epipedon, 0 to 8 inches, Ap
Argillic horizon, 8 to 64 inches, Bt/2Bt
ADDITIONAL DATA: Characterization sample S85KY-155-5-(1-9) by the University of Kentucky.
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.