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<blockquote data-quote="inyati13" data-source="post: 1353311" data-attributes="member: 17767"><p>There are several sets of criteria for describing soil. I will respond based on the classification that includes Crideric soils.</p><p></p><p>Kentucky has three soil types. In this part of the Outer Bluegrass, we have Baxter soils. Most farming including hay and tobacco was done on the ridges. It takes a good size river to provide "bottom land", i.e., the Licking River. Our complete soil profile is deep. Average over 100 inches on the ridges. I have excavated 6 feet deep without encountering a rock. On the slopes, there are rocks because erosion brings up parent material. In the outer Bluegrass, the Ordovician Formation includes siltstone and claystone, in addition to the predominant limestone strata. That results in a clay base originating from a mix of the parent material. Some of the limestones contain a clay matrix. The inner Bluegrass has a higher lime content but the total profile is more shallow. Driving through Lexington area you will observe limestone outcrops. Interesting: depositional environments have been reconstructed for every stratigraphic series, formation and unit. That geologic environment is reflected today in the soil. The science of Paleoecology can tell us a lot about the soil, where to find minerals, coal, and oil.</p><p></p><p><em>Baxter Series</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Look for this type of soil mainly on the tops of ridges and hillsides; Baxter soil can also be found on steep slopes or woodland areas. It can be as deep as 99 inches from the surface once it is identified. The topsoil is made of a fine, gravel loam and clay. Identify the subsoil by the red, sticky, gravel-like clay composition. Identify lower subsoil by the dark red and light grey clay color. The topsoil has a gravelly feel to it while the subsoil is firm, sticky and pliable. The undersoil has a gravelly clay feel to it. Look for grains, tobacco, fruits and vegetables to be grown in this type of soil.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Crider Series</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Travel along the western and central areas of Kentucky to find this soil type. Crider soil covers one half million acres over 35 counties in the state. This is the official state soil of Kentucky. Identify this soil type by the reddish-brown colored silt and dark red clay within the upper to middle sections of the soil. Crider soil can be found to a depth of 100 inches below the topsoil. Alfisol soil is another name for Crider soil. Look for this soil to be used in pasture land and growing soybeans, grains, tobacco and corn.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Maury Series</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Find this soil in the upland areas of the state. Identify the composition by the red-brown color on top, to a yellow-red color in the lower subsurface. The texture crumbles easily, and ranges from a silt loam upper soil to a grainy subsoil to a firm iron-manganese in the lower subsoil. Find this soil to 100 inches from the upper soil to the bedrock. Look for this soil type to be used in cultivation of trees such as black cherry and walnut, ash and elm; this soil is also used to grow coffee and hackberry.</em></p><p></p><p>Edit: that reference to "coffee" is misleading. That is the Kentucky Coffee Tree. Not the tropical coffee tree.</p><p></p><p>The Kentucky coffeetree, <em>Gymnocladus dioicus,</em> is a tree in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae of the pea family Fabaceae, native to the Midwest and Upper South of North America</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="inyati13, post: 1353311, member: 17767"] There are several sets of criteria for describing soil. I will respond based on the classification that includes Crideric soils. Kentucky has three soil types. In this part of the Outer Bluegrass, we have Baxter soils. Most farming including hay and tobacco was done on the ridges. It takes a good size river to provide "bottom land", i.e., the Licking River. Our complete soil profile is deep. Average over 100 inches on the ridges. I have excavated 6 feet deep without encountering a rock. On the slopes, there are rocks because erosion brings up parent material. In the outer Bluegrass, the Ordovician Formation includes siltstone and claystone, in addition to the predominant limestone strata. That results in a clay base originating from a mix of the parent material. Some of the limestones contain a clay matrix. The inner Bluegrass has a higher lime content but the total profile is more shallow. Driving through Lexington area you will observe limestone outcrops. Interesting: depositional environments have been reconstructed for every stratigraphic series, formation and unit. That geologic environment is reflected today in the soil. The science of Paleoecology can tell us a lot about the soil, where to find minerals, coal, and oil. [i]Baxter Series Look for this type of soil mainly on the tops of ridges and hillsides; Baxter soil can also be found on steep slopes or woodland areas. It can be as deep as 99 inches from the surface once it is identified. The topsoil is made of a fine, gravel loam and clay. Identify the subsoil by the red, sticky, gravel-like clay composition. Identify lower subsoil by the dark red and light grey clay color. The topsoil has a gravelly feel to it while the subsoil is firm, sticky and pliable. The undersoil has a gravelly clay feel to it. Look for grains, tobacco, fruits and vegetables to be grown in this type of soil. Crider Series Travel along the western and central areas of Kentucky to find this soil type. Crider soil covers one half million acres over 35 counties in the state. This is the official state soil of Kentucky. Identify this soil type by the reddish-brown colored silt and dark red clay within the upper to middle sections of the soil. Crider soil can be found to a depth of 100 inches below the topsoil. Alfisol soil is another name for Crider soil. Look for this soil to be used in pasture land and growing soybeans, grains, tobacco and corn. Maury Series Find this soil in the upland areas of the state. Identify the composition by the red-brown color on top, to a yellow-red color in the lower subsurface. The texture crumbles easily, and ranges from a silt loam upper soil to a grainy subsoil to a firm iron-manganese in the lower subsoil. Find this soil to 100 inches from the upper soil to the bedrock. Look for this soil type to be used in cultivation of trees such as black cherry and walnut, ash and elm; this soil is also used to grow coffee and hackberry.[/i] Edit: that reference to "coffee" is misleading. That is the Kentucky Coffee Tree. Not the tropical coffee tree. The Kentucky coffeetree, [i]Gymnocladus dioicus,[/i] is a tree in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae of the pea family Fabaceae, native to the Midwest and Upper South of North America [/QUOTE]
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