Russellville Silt Loam

The Russellville series consists of well drained or moderately well drained, nearly level to sloping soils on wide ridges of the limestone uplands. These soils form a broad, north-south belt across the center of the county. They have a compact, brittle fragipan at a depth of 26 to 32 inches. Their surface layer and the upper part of their subsoil formed mainly in loess (windblown silt). The lower part of their subsoil formed mainly in residuum derived from high-grade limestone.

Representative profile:

Depth	Color	Texture	Structure
0 to 7 inches	dark brown	very friable silt loam	few gray mottles
7 to 30 inches	brown	friable light silty clay loam	medium, blocky structure
30 to 42+ inches	mottled brown, yellowish- brown, and grayish-brown	silty clay loam	compact and brittle (fragipan)

[Ashton] [Beasley] [Captina] [Corydon] [Crider] [Dickson] [Elk]

[Fairmount] [Huntington] [Lowell] [Lawrence] [Lindside] [Newark]

[Otway] [Robertsville] [Russellville] [Shelbyville] [Taft] [Woolper]

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