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Cultural History of Charlie Vettiner Park shales, and older alluvium on the uplands plains. Glacial outwash and glacial drift are additional parent materials in the northern part of this region. Soils within the project area are contained within the Beasley-Fairmount-Russellville Association (Zimmerman 1966:6). Soils of this association occupy gently sloping to sloping hillsides and strongly sloping, steep hillsides over limestone. Beasley silt loam series soils account for about 45 percent of the association. These soils are deep and well drained (Zimmerman 1966:7). They typically have a surface layer of brown silt loam with a yellowish brown silty clay subsoil. Excellent agricultural soils are found within this association in the valley of Floyd‘s Fork. For this reason, large farms (between 120-180 acres in 1966) are located within areas of this soil association. Development has been slow to come to this part of the county. However, more recently, upscale residential subdivisions have been sited in the area. The local soils developed from limestone and calcareous shale bedrock as well as wind-blown loess additions (Zimmerman 1966). All had been in agricultural use until landuse changed to park status. Due to this landuse and the hilly terrain, some series have been eroded down to subsoil. Soils mapped for the parks are shown in Figure 5 and summarized in Table 1. Soils in the majority of the park conform to the Crider silt loam. Nicholson silt loam developed upslope of the Crider; Beasley, Shrouts, and Faywood soils are located downslope. Figure 5. Soils mapped for Charlie Vettiner Park (NRCS 2008). 8 | P a g e
Parent Material loess over limestone alluvium over limestone calcareous shales and/or siltstones limestone and shale fill or disturbed land wd=well drained mwd=moderately well drained Flora and Fauna Cultural History of Charlie Vettiner Park Table 1. Soil Types Typical of the Charlie Vettiner Park Soil Series and Map Unit Crider silt loam 2-6% and 6-12% slopes (CrB and CrC) Nicholson silt loam, 2-6% slopes (NnB) Boonewood silt loam, occasionally flooded (Bo) Beasley silt loam, 2-6% and 6-12% slopes, eroded and severely eroded (BeB and BeC) Shrouts silt loam, 6-12% slopes, severely eroded (ShC3) Faywood silt loam, 12-25% slope, (FaD) Faywood-Shrouts-Beasley complex, 25-50% slope (FsF) Urban land (Ua, UagB, UmC) Landscape Position Characteristics Drainage Class broad uplands loess to 30 in (76 cm) wd ridgetops floodplains narrow ridges shoulder slopes of ridges 16-30 in (40.6- 76.4cm) to fragipan silt loam to bedrock at 30-34 in (76.2-86.4 cm) upper horizons eroded away more shallow depth to bedrock than Beasley—20-40 in (50.8-101.6 cm) mwd wd wd wd sideslopes silt loam to silty clay wd sideslopes silt loam to silty clay wd various various The diverse nature of the geologic and geomorphologic deposits in the greater Jefferson County area led to a diverse biological system. Historically, the Outer Bluegrass supported an array of plant and animal species, many of which have been driven from the area through urban development. The species present in the Outer Bluegrass region of Kentucky remained relatively constant until modern times when Europeans began to severely modify the regional ecology (Delcourt and Delcourt 1981). The American chestnut, common during prehistoric times as a canopy tree, has been reduced to an understory tree by a blight introduced into North America in historic times (Kricher 1988:58). The black bear, bobcat, and other animal species are no longer found in Jefferson County. Populations of mink, fox, and most other animals have been reduced, due to the loss of habitat and hunting. The area known today as Kentucky was once covered by Mixed Hardwood Forests at this time (Delcourt and Delcourt 1981). This type of forest would contain a wide variety of forest communities. Oak-Hickory Forests would have been found in warm exposed areas, Beech- Maple Forests would occur in cool, moist shaded areas, and along streams and river valleys 9 | P a g e
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