IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grenada
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1938KY157001
  • User Pedon ID: 1938KY157001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1938KY157001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4872
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41561
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 3.03 miles S.E. of Brewers, 0.61 mile southeast of Jackson School.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY157—Marshall
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY610—Calloway and Marshall Counties, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grenada
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/27/1938
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/27/1938 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CARYA

    QUERC

    QUFA

    QUVE

    Carya

    Quercus

    Quercus falcata

    Quercus velutina

    hybrid hickory

    oak

    southern red oak

    black oak

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; fine granular structure; loose; 21.0 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A36960. Some partially decayed leaves. Much fungus growth.
    3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; fine granular structure; 21.0 fine and medium roots; noncoherent cemented dark brown (10YR 3/3) dark concretions; worm casts; fragments. Lab sample # 40A36961
    10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; fine granular structure; 21.0 fine and medium roots; noncoherent cemented dark brown (10YR 3/3) dark concretions; worm casts; fragments. Lab sample # 40A36962
    20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; granular structure; 21.0 fine and medium roots; noncoherent cemented dark brown (10YR 3/3) dark concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 40A36963
    36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; granular structure; 21.0 fine and medium roots; noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 40A36964
    53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; friable; 21.0 medium roots; 21 percent noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 40A36965
    74 to 104 centimeters (29.1 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay; 0.5 medium roots; noncoherent cemented brown (10YR 4/3) dark concretions and noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 40A36966
    104 to 244 centimeters (40.9 to 96.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; hard when dry, friable; 0.5 roots; noncoherent cemented brown (10YR 4/3) dark concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 40A36967