Soilscape of Nolin and Pembroke soils; western Kentucky
The Nolin series (foreground and in depressions) consists of very deep, well drained soils formed in alluvium derived from limestones, sandstones, siltstones, shales, and loess. These nearly level to sloping are on flood plains, in depressions which receive runoff from surrounding slopes, or on natural levees of major streams and rivers. Slope ranges from 0 to 25 percent, but is dominantly 0 to 3 percent. Mean annual temperature is 56 degrees F. and the mean annual precipitation is 43 inches.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Dystric Fluventic Eutrudepts
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are used for growing corn, tobacco, soybeans, and hay. Forested areas are bottomland hardwoods, such as river birch, yellow-poplar, sycamore, elm, willow, boxelder, oak, hickory, and red maple. Many stream banks and narrow flood plains consist of native canebrakes.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: In areas of mixed limestones and siltstones, sandstones, shales, and loess in Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia and Virginia. The series is of large extent, over 500,00 acres.
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/N/NOLIN.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#nolin
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/kentucky/chris...
The Pembroke series (background sideslopes) consists of very deep, well drained soils formed in a thin silty mantle of loess underlain by older alluvium or residuum of limestone or both. They are on nearly level uplands and karst areas. Slopes commonly range from 0 to 2 percent, but the range allows slopes from 0 to 12 percent.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Mollic Paleudalfs
USE AND VEGETATION: Nearly all of the soil has been cleared. Chief uses are for growing corn, small grains, tobacco, hay, truck crops, fruits, and pasture. The original forest was mixed hardwoods: chiefly oaks, hickory, maple, ash, elm, hackberry, and poplar.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: MLRAs: 116A, 121, 122. The Pennyroyal and Outer Bluegrass of Kentucky, the Highland Rim of Tennessee, northwest Arkansas, and southwest Missouri. The series is of large extent, about 330,000 acres in size.
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/P/PEMBROKE.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
Soilscape of Nolin and Pembroke soils; western Kentucky
The Nolin series (foreground and in depressions) consists of very deep, well drained soils formed in alluvium derived from limestones, sandstones, siltstones, shales, and loess. These nearly level to sloping are on flood plains, in depressions which receive runoff from surrounding slopes, or on natural levees of major streams and rivers. Slope ranges from 0 to 25 percent, but is dominantly 0 to 3 percent. Mean annual temperature is 56 degrees F. and the mean annual precipitation is 43 inches.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Dystric Fluventic Eutrudepts
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are used for growing corn, tobacco, soybeans, and hay. Forested areas are bottomland hardwoods, such as river birch, yellow-poplar, sycamore, elm, willow, boxelder, oak, hickory, and red maple. Many stream banks and narrow flood plains consist of native canebrakes.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: In areas of mixed limestones and siltstones, sandstones, shales, and loess in Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia and Virginia. The series is of large extent, over 500,00 acres.
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/N/NOLIN.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#nolin
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/kentucky/chris...
The Pembroke series (background sideslopes) consists of very deep, well drained soils formed in a thin silty mantle of loess underlain by older alluvium or residuum of limestone or both. They are on nearly level uplands and karst areas. Slopes commonly range from 0 to 2 percent, but the range allows slopes from 0 to 12 percent.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Mollic Paleudalfs
USE AND VEGETATION: Nearly all of the soil has been cleared. Chief uses are for growing corn, small grains, tobacco, hay, truck crops, fruits, and pasture. The original forest was mixed hardwoods: chiefly oaks, hickory, maple, ash, elm, hackberry, and poplar.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: MLRAs: 116A, 121, 122. The Pennyroyal and Outer Bluegrass of Kentucky, the Highland Rim of Tennessee, northwest Arkansas, and southwest Missouri. The series is of large extent, about 330,000 acres in size.
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/P/PEMBROKE.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit: