IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grenada
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980KY035001
  • User Pedon ID: 1980KY035001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0150
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48444
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 36.5499992
  • Std. Longitude: -88.2833328
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2.4 km S on State Hwy 893 from intersection w/ State Hwy 121 2.6 km W on paved County and 12 meters S in cultivated field.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY035—Calloway
  • MLRA: 134—Southern Mississippi Valley Loess

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L.F. Ratliff
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed Glossic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grenada
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Glossic Fragiudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    0—23

    23—64

    64—0

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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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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, dry; silt loam; weak medium platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent fine iron concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P00761. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few fine iron concretions concentrations; common fine and medium roots
    Bt—23 to 64 centimeters (9.1 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior, brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior, dry; silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 2.5 fine and medium tubular pores; clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent fine iron concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P00762. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few fine iron concretions concentrations; few fine and medium roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 1169921; patchy - phpvsfiid 1169921
    Bx1—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches);, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior and 60 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) interior and 40 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse platy structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P00763. Light gray parts appear to be silt coatings brown parts are brittle.; few fine roots
    Bx2—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse platy structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P00764. Brown parts make up about 60 percent of the matrix and are brittle. Few roots in gray seams.; few fine roots
    Bx3—107 to 183 centimeters (42.1 to 72.0 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse platy structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 medium tubular pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 81P00765. Fourth dry color is 10YR 7/2. Brown parts make up about 50 percent of the matrix and are brittle. Sample 5a is 81P0766.