Zanesville soil series

Soil profile: Zanesville soils are deep or very deep and moderately well drained with slow permeability. Depth to a fragipan ranges from 60 to 99 centimeters. They formed in loess over residuum derived from sandstone, siltstone, and shale. (Kentucky Soil Atlas; by Anastasios D. Karathanasis, University of Kentucky)

 

Landscape: They are on hillslope, interfluve, ridge and saddle positions on uplands and are used for row crops, pasture and woodland. Where cultivated, corn, soybeans, wheat, and tobacco is commonly grown. Where wooded, white oak, black oak, post oak, shagbark hickory, sugar maple, tulip poplar, dogwood, and sassafras are common species.

 

TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs

 

Distribution: Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio

Extent: Extent is large.

 

For additional information about Kentucky soils, visit:

uknowledge.uky.edu/pss_book/4/

 

For a detailed soil description, visit:

soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/Z/ZANESVILLE.html

 

For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:

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

 

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