Major Land Resource Area 120A
Kentucky and Indiana Sandstone and Shale Hills and Valleys, Southern Part
Accessed: 12/21/2024
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Key Characteristics
- Non [not] Human Transported Materials or Mine Spoils
- Wind deposited Eolian material or water deposited Alluvium or Lacustrine material
- Wind deposited Eolian materials - Loess and Dunes
- No Fragipan present
- Eolian Loess
- Formed in Loess
- Not poorly-drained or very poorly-drained
- Slopes equal to or less than 10 percent - Deep Loess… F120AY001KY
- Uplands
- Formed in Loess
- Slopes less than 10%
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Key Characteristics
- Non [not] Human Transported Materials or Mine Spoils
- Not water-deposited (Alluvium, Lacustrine) materials otherwise e.g., Uplands (Residuum, Colluvium)
- Fragipan present - Fragipan Uplands… F120AY002KY
- Non [not] Human Transported Materials or Mine Spoils
- Wind deposited Eolian material or water deposited Alluvium or Lacustrine material
- Wind deposited Eolian materials - Loess and Dunes
- Fragipan present - go to: Fragipan Uplands F120AY002KY
- Uplands
- Fragipan
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Key Characteristics
- Non [not] Human Transported Materials or Mine Spoils
- Wind deposited Eolian material or water deposited Alluvium or Lacustrine material
- Wind deposited Eolian materials - Loess and Dunes
- No Fragipan present
- Eolian Loess
- Formed in Loess
- Not poorly-drained or very poorly-drained
- Slopes greater than 10% - Loess Uplands… F120AY003KY
- Uplands
- Formed in Loess
- Slopes greater than 10%
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Key Characteristics
- Non [not] Human Transported Materials or Mine Spoils
- Wind deposited Eolian material or water deposited Alluvium or Lacustrine material
- Wind deposited Eolian materials - Loess and Dunes
- No Fragipan present
- Eolian Loess
- Thin Loss/Loess capped - Loess Veneered Sandstone-Shale Uplands… F120AY004KY
- Uplands
- Loess- Capped
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Key Characteristics
- Non [not] Human Transported Materials or Mine Spoils
- Not water-deposited (Alluvium, Lacustrine) materials otherwise e.g., Uplands (Residuum, Colluvium)
- No Fragipan present
- Not Loamy-skeletal
- Soil Depth: Not Shallow - Moderately Deep Sandstone-Shale Uplands… F120AY005KY
- Uplands
- No Fragipan
- Depth: Moderately Deep
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Key Characteristics
- Non [not] Human Transported Materials or Mine Spoils
- Not water-deposited (Alluvium, Lacustrine) materials otherwise e.g., Uplands (Residuum, Colluvium)
- No Fragipan present
- Not Loamy-skeletal
- Soil Depth: Shallow - Shallow Sandstone Uplands… F120AY006KY
- Uplands
- No Fragipan
- Depth: Shallow
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Key Characteristics
- Non [not] Human Transported Materials or Mine Spoils
- Not water-deposited (Alluvium, Lacustrine) materials otherwise e.g., Uplands (Residuum, Colluvium)
- No Fragipan present
- Sandy or Loamy-skeletal - Loamy Skeletal Uplands… F120AY008KY
- Uplands
- No Fragipan
- Sandy or Loamy Skeletal
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Key Characteristics
- Non [not] Human Transported Materials or Mine Spoils
- Wind deposited Eolian material or water deposited Alluvium or Lacustrine material
- Wind deposited Eolian materials - Loess and Dunes
- No Fragipan present
- Eolian Dunes or sands – go to: Well Drained High Terraces F120AY010KY
- Non [not] Human Transported Materials or Mine Spoils
- Wind deposited Eolian material or water deposited Alluvium or Lacustrine material
- Water deposited - Alluvium or Lacustrine material
- Not actively flooded (to rarely flooded) Alluvium or Lacustrine material –Terraces and Lacustrine
- Excessively-drained to well-drained - Well Drained High Terraces… F120AY010KY
- High Terraces
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Key Characteristics
- Non [not] Human Transported Materials or Mine Spoils
- Wind deposited Eolian material or water deposited Alluvium or Lacustrine material
- Water deposited - Alluvium or Lacustrine material
- Not actively flooded (to rarely flooded) Alluvium or Lacustrine material –Terraces and Lacustrine
- Well-drained and Moderately well-drained to very poorly-drained
- Well drained and moderately well-drained – Well Drained And Moderately Well Drained Terraces… F120AY011KY
- Terraces
- Well Drained and Moderately Well Drained
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Key Characteristics
- Non [not] Human Transported Materials or Mine Spoils
- Wind deposited Eolian material or water deposited Alluvium or Lacustrine material
- Water deposited - Alluvium or Lacustrine material
- Not actively flooded (to rarely flooded) Alluvium or Lacustrine material –Terraces and Lacustrine
- Well-drained and Moderately well-drained to very poorly-drained
- Somewhat poorly-drained to very poorly drained
- Somewhat poorly-drained - Moist Terraces… F120AY013KY
- Terraces
- Moist (SWPD)
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Key Characteristics
- Non [not] Human Transported Materials or Mine Spoils
- Wind deposited Eolian material or water deposited Alluvium or Lacustrine material
- Wind deposited Eolian materials - Loess and Dunes
- No Fragipan present
- Eolian Loess
- Formed in Loess
- Poorly-drained or very poorly-drained – go to: Saturated Flats F120AY014KY
- Non [not] Human Transported Materials or Mine Spoils
- Wind deposited Eolian material or water deposited Alluvium or Lacustrine material
- Water deposited - Alluvium or Lacustrine material
- Not actively flooded (to rarely flooded) Alluvium or Lacustrine material –Terraces and Lacustrine
- Well-drained and Moderately well-drained to very poorly-drained
- Somewhat poorly-drained to very poorly drained
- Poorly-drained to very poorly-drained - Saturated Flats… F120AY014KY
- Upland Flats
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Key Characteristics
- Non [not] Human Transported Materials or Mine Spoils
- Wind deposited Eolian material or water deposited Alluvium or Lacustrine material
- Water deposited - Alluvium or Lacustrine material
- Actively flooded - Floodplains and Drainageways
- Excessively-drained to well-drained
- Headwaters with narrow floodways - Loamy Alluvial Headwaters… F120AY015KY
- Floodplains
- Well Drained Headwaters
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Key Characteristics
- Non [not] Human Transported Materials or Mine Spoils
- Wind deposited Eolian material or water deposited Alluvium or Lacustrine material
- Water deposited - Alluvium or Lacustrine material
- Actively flooded - Floodplains and Drainageways
- Excessively-drained to well-drained
- Not headwaters
- Silty - Well Drained Silty Alluvium… F120AY017KY
- Floodplains
- Well Drained Floodplains
- Silty
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Key Characteristics
- Non [not] Human Transported Materials or Mine Spoils
- Wind deposited Eolian material or water deposited Alluvium or Lacustrine material
- Water deposited - Alluvium or Lacustrine material
- Actively flooded - Floodplains and Drainageways
- Excessively-drained to well-drained
- Not headwaters
- Loamy, - Riverbank Loamy Alluvium… F120AY018KY
- Floodplains
- Well Drained Floodplains
- Loamy
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Key Characteristics
- Non [not] Human Transported Materials or Mine Spoils
- Wind deposited Eolian material or water deposited Alluvium or Lacustrine material
- Water deposited - Alluvium or Lacustrine material
- Actively flooded - Floodplains and Drainageways
- Somewhat poorly-drained to very-poorly-drained
- Somewhat poorly-drained to moderately well-drained floodplains - Moist Silty Alluvium… F120AY019KY
- Floodplains
- Somewhat poorly drained to Moderately Well Drained Floodplains
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Key Characteristics
- Non [not] Human Transported Materials or Mine Spoils
- Wind deposited Eolian material or water deposited Alluvium or Lacustrine material
- Water deposited - Alluvium or Lacustrine material
- Actively flooded - Floodplains and Drainageways
- Somewhat poorly-drained to very-poorly-drained
- Poorly-drained to very poorly-drained
- Poorly Drained to very poorly-drained and NOT mapunits labelled “ponded” - Wet Alluvial Flats… F120AY020KY
- Floodplains
- Poorly Drained
- Wet Alluvial Flats
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Key Characteristics
- Non [not] Human Transported Materials or Mine Spoils
- Wind deposited Eolian material or water deposited Alluvium or Lacustrine material
- Water deposited - Alluvium or Lacustrine material
- Actively flooded - Floodplains and Drainageways
- Somewhat poorly-drained to very-poorly-drained
- Poorly-drained to very poorly-drained
- “Ponded” labelled mapunits: - Ponded Alluvial Flats… F120AY022KY
- Floodplains
- Poorly Drained
- Ponded Alluvial Flats (Ponded mapunits)
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120A PES Key (dichotomous)
1a.
Non [not] Human Transported Materials or Mine Spoils
2a.
Not water-deposited (Alluvium, Lacustrine) materials otherwise e.g., Uplands (Residuum, Colluvium)
3a.
No Fragipan present
4a.
Sandy or Loamy-skeletal - Loamy Skeletal Uplands… F120AY008KY
... F120AY008KY – Loamy Skeletal Uplands
4b.
Not Loamy-skeletal
5a.
Soil Depth: Not Shallow - Moderately Deep Sandstone-Shale Uplands… F120AY005KY
... F120AY005KY – Moderately Deep Sandstone-Shale Uplands
5b.
Soil Depth: Shallow - Shallow Sandstone Uplands… F120AY006KY
... F120AY006KY – Shallow Sandstone Uplands
2b.
Wind deposited Eolian material or water deposited Alluvium or Lacustrine material
6a.
Wind deposited Eolian materials - Loess and Dunes
7a.
No Fragipan present
8a.
Eolian Dunes or sands – go to: Well Drained High Terraces F120AY010KY
... F120AY010KY – Well-Drained High Terraces
8b.
Eolian Loess
9a.
Thin Loss/Loess capped - Loess Veneered Sandstone-Shale Uplands… F120AY004KY
... F120AY004KY – Loess Veneered Sandstone-Shale Uplands
9b.
Formed in Loess
10a.
Not poorly-drained or very poorly-drained
10b.
Poorly-drained or very poorly-drained – go to: Saturated Flats F120AY014KY
... F120AY014KY – Saturated Flats
6b.
Water deposited - Alluvium or Lacustrine material
12a.
Not actively flooded (to rarely flooded) Alluvium or Lacustrine material –Terraces and Lacustrine
13a.
Excessively-drained to well-drained - Well Drained High Terraces… F120AY010KY
... F120AY010KY – Well-Drained High Terraces
13b.
Well-drained and Moderately well-drained to very poorly-drained
14a.
Well drained and moderately well-drained – Well Drained And Moderately Well Drained Terraces… F120AY011KY
... F120AY011KY – Well Drained And Moderately Well Drained Terraces
14b.
Somewhat poorly-drained to very poorly drained
15b.
Poorly-drained to very poorly-drained - Saturated Flats… F120AY014KY
... F120AY014KY – Saturated Flats
12b.
Actively flooded - Floodplains and Drainageways
16a.
Excessively-drained to well-drained
17a.
Headwaters with narrow floodways - Loamy Alluvial Headwaters… F120AY015KY
... F120AY015KY – Loamy Alluvial Headwaters
17b.
Not headwaters
16b.
Somewhat poorly-drained to very-poorly-drained
19a.
Somewhat poorly-drained to moderately well-drained floodplains - Moist Silty Alluvium… F120AY019KY
... F120AY019KY – Moist Silty Alluvium
19b.
Poorly-drained to very poorly-drained
20a.
Poorly Drained to very poorly-drained and NOT mapunits labelled “ponded” - Wet Alluvial Flats… F120AY020KY
... F120AY020KY – Wet Alluvial Flats
20b.
“Ponded” labelled mapunits: - Ponded Alluvial Flats… F120AY022KY
... F120AY022KY – Ponded Alluvial Flats
1b.
Human Transported material or Mine Spoils
21a.
Not poorly-drained or very poorly-drained - RESERVED
21b.
Poorly- drained or very poorly-drained - RESERVED
MLRA 120A
I.
Uplands
A.
Formed in Loess
D.
No Fragipan
IV.
Terraces
A.
Well Drained and Moderately Well Drained
... F120AY011KY – Well Drained And Moderately Well Drained Terraces
V.
Floodplains
B.
Well Drained Floodplains
C.
Somewhat poorly drained to Moderately Well Drained Floodplains
... F120AY019KY – Moist Silty Alluvium
D.
Poorly Drained
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