Christian soil series
A representative soil profile of the Christian series.
The Christian series consists of deep and very deep, well-drained soils formed in residuum from interbedded limestone, sandstone, siltstone, and shale. Slopes range from 2 to 45 percent. Near the type location, the average annual precipitation is 48.4 inches and the average annual temperature is 53 degrees F.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
Solum thickness ranges from 40 to more than 60 inches. Depth to bedrock ranges from 40 to more than 80 inches. Chert, sandstone fragments and channers or pebbles range from 0 to 50 percent in the A horizon and from 0 to 35 percent in the B and C horizon. Reaction ranges from slightly acid to extremely acid.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas on lesser slopes are cleared. Crops normally grown are corn, tobacco, small grain, hay, or pasture. Most of the steeper areas are in forest and less commonly, pasture. Forest consists of red, white, and black oaks, hickory, pines, dogwood, and red cedar.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Virginia. It is of large extent.
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Christian County, Kentucky, 1912.
For additional information about U.S. Soil Taxonomy, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/soils/survey/cla...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/C/CHRISTIAN.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#christian
Christian soil series
A representative soil profile of the Christian series.
The Christian series consists of deep and very deep, well-drained soils formed in residuum from interbedded limestone, sandstone, siltstone, and shale. Slopes range from 2 to 45 percent. Near the type location, the average annual precipitation is 48.4 inches and the average annual temperature is 53 degrees F.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, mixed, semiactive, mesic Typic Hapludults
Solum thickness ranges from 40 to more than 60 inches. Depth to bedrock ranges from 40 to more than 80 inches. Chert, sandstone fragments and channers or pebbles range from 0 to 50 percent in the A horizon and from 0 to 35 percent in the B and C horizon. Reaction ranges from slightly acid to extremely acid.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas on lesser slopes are cleared. Crops normally grown are corn, tobacco, small grain, hay, or pasture. Most of the steeper areas are in forest and less commonly, pasture. Forest consists of red, white, and black oaks, hickory, pines, dogwood, and red cedar.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Virginia. It is of large extent.
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Christian County, Kentucky, 1912.
For additional information about U.S. Soil Taxonomy, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/soils/survey/cla...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/C/CHRISTIAN.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#christian