Soil Series Atlas

Crider soil series

Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Typic Paleudalfs

050100150200250cm1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft5 ft6 ft7 ft8 ftApTopsoil · plowed0–20 cm · 0–8 inBt1Subsoil · clay build-up20–30 cm · 8–12 inBt2Subsoil · clay build-up30–61 cm · 12–24 inBt3Subsoil · clay build-up61–97 cm · 24–38 in2Bt4Subsoil · clay build-up, different parentmaterial97–127 cm · 38–50 in2Bt5Subsoil · clay build-up, different parentmaterial127–254 cm · 50–100 inRHard bedrock254 cm and deeper · 100+ in050100150200250cmApTopsoil · plowed0–20 cm · 0–8 inBt1Subsoil · clay build-up20–30 cm · 8–12 inBt2Subsoil · clay build-up30–61 cm · 12–24 inBt3Subsoil · clay build-up61–97 cm · 24–38 in2Bt4Subsoil · claybuild-up, differentparent material97–127 cm · 38–50 in2Bt5Subsoil · claybuild-up, differentparent material127–254 cm · 50–100 inRHard bedrock254 cm and deeper · 100+ in
Typical pedon, to scale: 254 cm (100 in), 7 horizons.

Alfisols — moderately leached soils with a clay-enriched subsoil

Crider is mapped on 993,683 acres in 6 states, 178th nationally by area. It is the only series in the atlas that belongs to the great group Paleudalfs. Only one atlas description goes deeper than its 254 cm. Its solum is 127 cm thicker than the median for Alfisols. It is the state soil of Kentucky.

Depth
Very deep
Drainage
Well drained
Water movement
Moderate

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Where Crider is mapped

993,683 acres in 91 soil survey areas, from current SSURGO data.

AlabamaArizonaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaIndiana: 314,863 acresKansasMaineMassachusettsMinnesotaNew JerseyNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOklahomaPennsylvaniaSouth DakotaTexasWyomingConnecticutMissouri: 107,377 acresWest VirginiaIllinois: 723 acresNew MexicoArkansasCaliforniaDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaIowaKentucky: 543,658 acresMarylandMichiganMississippiMontanaNew HampshireNew YorkOhio: 7,721 acresOregonTennessee: 19,341 acresUtahVirginiaWashingtonWisconsinNebraskaSouth CarolinaIdahoNevadaVermontLouisianaRhode Island

Share of all Crider acres

  1. Kentucky55%
  2. Indiana32%
  3. Missouri11%
  4. Tennessee2%
  5. Ohio0.8%
  6. Illinois0.1%
  • Rank in the state · share of its mapped soil
  • Kentucky 7th of 324 · 2.38%
  • Indiana 11th of 534 · 1.58%
  • Missouri 89th of 524 · 0.26%

In the field

Drainage

Well drained

Drains fastStays wet

Soil depth

Very deep

ShallowDeep

Permeability

Moderate

SlowFast
Parent material
Loess, residuum, limestone
Landform
Uplands
Type location
Kentucky

How it is classified

  1. OrderAlfisols
  2. SuborderUdalfs
  3. Great groupPaleudalfs
  4. SubgroupTypic Paleudalfs
  5. FamilyFine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Typic Paleudalfsfine-silty particle-size classmixed mineralogy classactive cation-exchange activity classmesic soil temperature regime

Against other Alfisols

Crider makes up 0.36% of all mapped Alfisols — the 26th largest of 4,001 series in the order.

Solum thickness (topsoil + subsoil)

254 cm over a median of 127 cm

Depth described

254 cm over a median of 156 cm

Its relatives

7 other established series share the family “Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Typic Paleudalfs”

  1. Crider994 k
  2. Bluegrass129 k
  3. Peridge118 k
  4. Winnipeg54 k
  5. Ryker45 k
  6. Navilleton16 k
  7. Stinesville13 k
  8. Hootentown4 k

Other Alfisols in this atlas

  1. Crider254 cm · Typic Paleudalfs
  2. Amarillo251 cm · Aridic Paleustalfs
  3. Blount200 cm · Aeric Epiaqualfs
  4. Guyton203 cm · Typic Glossaqualfs
  5. Fayette185 cm · Typic Hapludalfs
  6. Loring165 cm · Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs

Horizon by horizon

HorizonLayerDepthThickness
ApTopsoil: plowed0–20 cm0–8 in20 cm
Bt1Subsoil: clay build-up20–30 cm8–12 in10 cm
Bt2Subsoil: clay build-up30–61 cm12–24 in31 cm
Bt3Subsoil: clay build-up61–97 cm24–38 in36 cm
2Bt4Subsoil: clay build-up, different parent material97–127 cm38–50 in30 cm
2Bt5Subsoil: clay build-up, different parent material127–254 cm50–100 in127 cm
RHard bedrock254– cm100– in—

Sources: USDA–NRCS Official Series Description (revised 2011-01), Soil Classification database and SSURGO. Ranks computed by Soil Series Atlas. Method · Guides