IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Memphis
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1938KY157002
  • User Pedon ID: 1938KY157002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4886
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41575
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 2.06 miles SW of Brewers.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY157—Marshall
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY610—Calloway and Marshall Counties, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. J. Leighty
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Memphis
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1938
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1938 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; fragments smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37051
    3 to 11 centimeters (1.2 to 4.3 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; platy structure; 1 percent iron concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 40A37052
    11 to 23 centimeters (4.3 to 9.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; platy structure; 1 percent iron concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 40A37053
    23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; friable; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 40A37054
    38 to 74 centimeters (15.0 to 29.1 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) silty clay loam; subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A37055
    74 to 127 centimeters (29.1 to 50.0 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) silt loam; subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A37056
    127 to 193 centimeters (50.0 to 76.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A37057
    193 centimeters (76.0 inches); reddish yellow (5YR 6/6) gravelly sand, clay loam; 1 percent gray (5YR 6/1) mottles; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A37058