IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grenada
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994KY035003
  • User Pedon ID: 1994KY035003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0766
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66939
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: north of Murray, KY and south of Almo Heights on the Howell Bucy farm.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY035—Calloway
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY610—Calloway and Marshall Counties, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A.D. Karathanasis, R. Forsythe and S. Sykes
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed Glossic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grenada
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Glossic Fragiudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 48 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/22/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/22/1994 (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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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06026
    Bw—15 to 48 centimeters (5.9 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) carbonate concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06027
    Bt—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent black stains; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) carbonate concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06028
    Btx1—69 to 122 centimeters (27.2 to 48.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; black (10YR 2/1) carbonate concretions and brown (10YR 5/3); fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06029. pockets of grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam between prism faces.
    Btx2—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) silt loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # 94P06030. pockets of grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam between prism faces.