Tilsit soil series

A representative soil profile of the Tilsit soil series in Marion County, Kentucky.

 

Landscape: Hills

Landform: Ridge

Geomorphic Component: Interfluve

Hillslope Profile Position: Summit or shoulder

Parent Material: Silty residuum from interbedded acid siltstone, soft shale, or fine grained sandstone

Slope: 0 to 15 percent

 

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-silty, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Fragiudults

 

Depth to the top of the Argillic: 18 to 38 cm (7 to 15 inches)

Depth to the base of the Argillic: 79 to 185 cm (31 to 73 inches)

Solum Thickness: 79 to 185 cm (31 to 73 inches)

Depth to Bedrock: 102 to 305 cm (40 to 120 inches)

Depth Class: Deep or very deep

Depth to Seasonal High Water Table: 46 to 81 cm (18 to 32 inches), November to June

Rock Fragment Content: 0 to 10 percent, by volume, in the upper solum, 0 to 40 percent, by volume, in the lower solum, and 0 to 50 percent, by volume, in the substratum

Soil Reaction: Very strongly acid and strongly acid, except where limed

Depth to the Fragipan: 45 to 86 cm (18 to 34 inches)

Fine-Earth Fraction: Averages 18 to 35 percent clay and less than 15 percent sand in the particle size control section

 

USE AND VEGETATION:

Major Uses: Cropland, hayland, and pasture

Dominant Vegetation: Where cultivated--Corn, soybeans, wheat, tobacco, and truck crops.

Where wooded--Oak, hickory, Virginia pine, maple, gum, poplar, dogwood, beech, ironwood, persimmon, and sassafras.

 

DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:

Distribution: Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and West Virginia

Extent: Large, about 2.8 million acres at the time of this revision

 

For a detailed description, visit:

soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/T/TILSIT.html

 

For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:

casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#tilsit

 

 

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