IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grigsby
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983KY099007
  • User Pedon ID: 1983KY099007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1983KY099007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0897
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53678
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Hart County, KY, approximately 10 miles north of Mundfordville, 1.7 miles southwest of Hammonville, KY and .2 mile south of KY 720 in cultivated field.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY099—Hart
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY099—Hart County, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jon M. Robbins, Jr. and Michael J. Mitchell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grigsby
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/25/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed alluvium
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/25/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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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); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; weak coarse angular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky parts to strong fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04575
    Bw1—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04576
    Bw2—58 to 84 centimeters (22.8 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P04577
    Bw3—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, bromcresol green. Lab sample # 83P04578
    CB—112 to 155 centimeters (44.1 to 61.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green; gradual wavy boundary.
    C—155 to 183 centimeters (61.0 to 72.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sandy loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine distinct and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, bromcresol green.