Lenberg soil series
A representative soil profile of the Lenberg series. (Kentucky Soil Atlas; by Anastasios D. Karathanasis, University of Kentucky)
The Lenberg series consists of moderately deep well drained soils formed in residuum of acid clayey shale which is often interbedded with thin strata of siltstone, sandstone, or shale. Permeability is moderately slow. Slopes range from 6 to 45 percent. Average annual precipitation is 47 inches. Average annual temperature is 56 degrees F.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
The solum thickness and depth to a paralithic contact ranges from 20 to 40 inches. Reaction ranges from neutral to very strongly acid in the upper part of the solum and from strongly acid to very strongly acid in the lower part. Sandstone, siltstone, and shale fragments mostly 1/2 inch to 6 inches across, range from 0 to 30 percent by volume in the solum, and 5 to 60 percent in the C horizon.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most of this soil is forested. Species of trees include upland oaks, hickory, beech, elm, black walnut, and maple. Some areas have been cleared and used for cultivated crops. Many of these areas are now idle and growing young hardwoods of the above species, and sassafras, persimmon, sumac, or redcedar. A few areas are used for hay or pasture.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Pennroyal and Western Coal Field Regions of Kentucky. The extent is moderate, over 150,000 acres..
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uknowledge.uky.edu/pss_book/4/
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Lenberg soil series
A representative soil profile of the Lenberg series. (Kentucky Soil Atlas; by Anastasios D. Karathanasis, University of Kentucky)
The Lenberg series consists of moderately deep well drained soils formed in residuum of acid clayey shale which is often interbedded with thin strata of siltstone, sandstone, or shale. Permeability is moderately slow. Slopes range from 6 to 45 percent. Average annual precipitation is 47 inches. Average annual temperature is 56 degrees F.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Ultic Hapludalfs
The solum thickness and depth to a paralithic contact ranges from 20 to 40 inches. Reaction ranges from neutral to very strongly acid in the upper part of the solum and from strongly acid to very strongly acid in the lower part. Sandstone, siltstone, and shale fragments mostly 1/2 inch to 6 inches across, range from 0 to 30 percent by volume in the solum, and 5 to 60 percent in the C horizon.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most of this soil is forested. Species of trees include upland oaks, hickory, beech, elm, black walnut, and maple. Some areas have been cleared and used for cultivated crops. Many of these areas are now idle and growing young hardwoods of the above species, and sassafras, persimmon, sumac, or redcedar. A few areas are used for hay or pasture.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Pennroyal and Western Coal Field Regions of Kentucky. The extent is moderate, over 150,000 acres..
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/L/LENBERG.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit: