IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Memphis
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 55KY-075-002
  • User Pedon ID: 55KY-075-002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 55KY-075-002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 55KY-075-002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46459
  • Print Date: 5/13/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: In a cemetary 45 feet N of Hwy 94; 5.5 miles E of Hickman; 2.5 miles W of Cayce.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY075—Fulton
  • MLRA: 134—Southern Mississippi Valley Loess
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-MIL—Milan, Tennessee
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY075—Fulton County, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36089-E1—Cayce, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.V. Leighty and H.H. Bailey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, thermic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Memphis
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Memphis
  • Classificaton Date - 8/31/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/31/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: ADV9F17
  • 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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    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

    3.5

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate coarse granular structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0682
    E—5 to 25 centimeters (2.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0683
    Bt1—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine faint mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0684
    Bt2—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0685
    Bt3—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky, and strong coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 20 percent clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0686
    Bt4—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 15 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 15 percent silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0687
    C1—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 1 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0688
    C2—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; fragments. Lab sample # KY0689
    C3—183 to 213 centimeters (72.0 to 83.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # KY0690
    C4—213 to 244 centimeters (83.9 to 96.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # KY0691
    C5—244 to 274 centimeters (96.1 to 107.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # KY0692
    C6—274 to 312 centimeters (107.9 to 122.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # KY0693