IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grenada
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 55KY-035-004
  • User Pedon ID: 55KY-035-004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 55KY-035-004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 55KY-035-004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46454
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 36.6495285
  • Std. Longitude: -88.2125320
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Owen Hale farm; 4.5 miles NE of Murray; Site is 79 yards S of Elm Grove Baptist Church; 60 yards E of Hwy 94.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY035—Calloway
  • MLRA: 134—Southern Mississippi Valley Loess
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-MIL—Milan, Tennessee
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY610—Calloway and Marshall Counties, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36088-F2—Hico, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.V. Leighty and H.H. Bailey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, thermic Oxyaquic Fraglossudalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Grenada
  • PSC - 43 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grenada
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: ADT3G105
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • 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

    Carya

    Quercus

    hybrid hickory

    oak

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

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    64 - 145

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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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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0631
    A2—3 to 15 centimeters (1.2 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0632
    BA—15 to 43 centimeters (5.9 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0633
    Bt—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 15 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine faint mottles; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0634
    Btx1—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; 15 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent prominent silt coats on all faces of peds and 30 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0635
    Btx2—89 to 119 centimeters (35.0 to 46.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine faint and 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct and 15 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine faint and 15 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 30 percent distinct silt coats and 30 percent distinct clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # KY0636
    Btx3—119 to 145 centimeters (46.9 to 57.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 15 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) fine faint mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; brittle; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1. Lab sample # KY0637
    C1—145 to 183 centimeters (57.1 to 72.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # KY0638
    C2—183 to 213 centimeters (72.0 to 83.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 15 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) fine faint mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # KY0639
    C3—213 to 244 centimeters (83.9 to 96.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and gray (N 5/), silty clay loam; structureless massive, and weak medium angular blocky; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # KY0640
    C4—244 to 274 centimeters (96.1 to 107.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 30 percent gray (N 5/ medium distinct and 30 percent gray (N 5/ coarse distinct mottles; structureless massive, and weak medium angular blocky; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # KY0641
    C5—274 to 290 centimeters (107.9 to 114.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse distinct and 30 percent gray (N 5/ medium distinct and 30 percent gray (N 5/ coarse distinct mottles; structureless massive, and weak medium angular blocky; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # KY0642