Bouldin soil and landscape
A soil profile and landscape of the Bouldin soil series in Kentucky. Typical profile of Bouldin very bouldery loam. The Bouldin series consists of deep, somewhat excessively drained soils that formed in stony colluvium weathered from interbedded sandstone, siltstone, and shale.
Landscape: An area of Shelocta-Bouldin complex, 30 to 75 percent slopes, extremely stony, very rocky, on the side slopes of the gorge below the sandstone escarpment. They are on steep and very steep hillslopes and mountainflanks with slopes that range from 10 to 75 percent. (Soil Survey of the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, KY and TN; by Harry S. Evans and Jennifer Y. Mason, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
Elevation: 244 to 500 meters
Mean annual precipitation: 1,211 to 1,542 millimeters
Mean annual air temperature: 5 to 19 degrees C
Frost-free period: 139 to 187 days
Map Unit Composition
Contrasting soils: Gilpin soils—5 percent; Ramsey soils—5 percent; Rock outcrop—5
percent; Wallen soils—5 percent; Kimper soils—2 percent; Muse soils—2 percent;
Wernock soils—2 percent; Alticrest soils—1 percent; Craigsville soils—1 percent;
Lily soils—1 percent; Sequoia soils—1 percent
Description of Bouldin soil
Setting
Landform: Gorge on dissected plateau
Landform position (two-dimensional): Footslope
Landform position (three-dimensional): Base slope and head slope
Down-slope shape: Concave
Across-slope shape: Concave
Parent material: Loamy-skeletal colluvium derived from sandstone and shale
Soil Properties and Qualities
Depth class: Very deep
Drainage class: Somewhat excessively drained
Organic matter content in the surface layer: 1.0 to 4.0 percent
Saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ksat ): High
Available water capacity: Low—about 12.2 centimeters to a depth of 152 centimeters
Depth to restrictive features: Greater than 203 centimeters
Potential for surface runoff: Medium
Depth to the top of the seasonal high water table: Greater than 2 meters
Flooding: None
Ponding: None
Surface layer texture: Very bouldery fine sandy loam
Calcium carbonate maximum: 0 percent
Shrink-swell potential: Low
Typical Profile
0 to 15 centimeters; very bouldery fine sandy loam
15 to 33 centimeters; very bouldery loam
33 to 203 centimeters; very bouldery loam
Interpretive Groups
Land capability classification: 7s
Prime farmland: Not prime farmland
Hydric soil: No
Use and Management Concerns
• These soils are unsuited to cropland.
• These soils are unsuited to pasture and hayland.
• Proper planning for resource management is essential in order to minimize the potential negative impact to soil and water quality, especially in areas on steeper slopes.
• A resource management plan should focus on the proper location of hiking, horse, and multi-use trails, and careful attention should be given to all applicable best management practices.
• The slope poses safety hazards and creates a potential for erosion during the construction or maintenance of hiking, biking, horse, and multi-use trails.
• The slope creates unsafe operating conditions and reduces the operating efficiency of off-road vehicles.
• Because of the slope, the use of equipment for planting and seeding is impractical.
• The slope makes the use of mechanical planting equipment impractical.
• The use of mechanical planting equipment is impractical because of the content of rock fragments.
• Rock fragments restrict the use of equipment during site preparation for planting or seeding.
• The low strength interferes with the construction of trails, especially multi-use trails.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/tennessee/big_...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/B/BOULDIN.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
Bouldin soil and landscape
A soil profile and landscape of the Bouldin soil series in Kentucky. Typical profile of Bouldin very bouldery loam. The Bouldin series consists of deep, somewhat excessively drained soils that formed in stony colluvium weathered from interbedded sandstone, siltstone, and shale.
Landscape: An area of Shelocta-Bouldin complex, 30 to 75 percent slopes, extremely stony, very rocky, on the side slopes of the gorge below the sandstone escarpment. They are on steep and very steep hillslopes and mountainflanks with slopes that range from 10 to 75 percent. (Soil Survey of the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, KY and TN; by Harry S. Evans and Jennifer Y. Mason, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
Elevation: 244 to 500 meters
Mean annual precipitation: 1,211 to 1,542 millimeters
Mean annual air temperature: 5 to 19 degrees C
Frost-free period: 139 to 187 days
Map Unit Composition
Contrasting soils: Gilpin soils—5 percent; Ramsey soils—5 percent; Rock outcrop—5
percent; Wallen soils—5 percent; Kimper soils—2 percent; Muse soils—2 percent;
Wernock soils—2 percent; Alticrest soils—1 percent; Craigsville soils—1 percent;
Lily soils—1 percent; Sequoia soils—1 percent
Description of Bouldin soil
Setting
Landform: Gorge on dissected plateau
Landform position (two-dimensional): Footslope
Landform position (three-dimensional): Base slope and head slope
Down-slope shape: Concave
Across-slope shape: Concave
Parent material: Loamy-skeletal colluvium derived from sandstone and shale
Soil Properties and Qualities
Depth class: Very deep
Drainage class: Somewhat excessively drained
Organic matter content in the surface layer: 1.0 to 4.0 percent
Saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ksat ): High
Available water capacity: Low—about 12.2 centimeters to a depth of 152 centimeters
Depth to restrictive features: Greater than 203 centimeters
Potential for surface runoff: Medium
Depth to the top of the seasonal high water table: Greater than 2 meters
Flooding: None
Ponding: None
Surface layer texture: Very bouldery fine sandy loam
Calcium carbonate maximum: 0 percent
Shrink-swell potential: Low
Typical Profile
0 to 15 centimeters; very bouldery fine sandy loam
15 to 33 centimeters; very bouldery loam
33 to 203 centimeters; very bouldery loam
Interpretive Groups
Land capability classification: 7s
Prime farmland: Not prime farmland
Hydric soil: No
Use and Management Concerns
• These soils are unsuited to cropland.
• These soils are unsuited to pasture and hayland.
• Proper planning for resource management is essential in order to minimize the potential negative impact to soil and water quality, especially in areas on steeper slopes.
• A resource management plan should focus on the proper location of hiking, horse, and multi-use trails, and careful attention should be given to all applicable best management practices.
• The slope poses safety hazards and creates a potential for erosion during the construction or maintenance of hiking, biking, horse, and multi-use trails.
• The slope creates unsafe operating conditions and reduces the operating efficiency of off-road vehicles.
• Because of the slope, the use of equipment for planting and seeding is impractical.
• The slope makes the use of mechanical planting equipment impractical.
• The use of mechanical planting equipment is impractical because of the content of rock fragments.
• Rock fragments restrict the use of equipment during site preparation for planting or seeding.
• The low strength interferes with the construction of trails, especially multi-use trails.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/tennessee/big_...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/B/BOULDIN.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit: