IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grenada
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 67KY-035-009
  • User Pedon ID: 67KY-035-009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 67KY-035-009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 67KY-035-009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46510
  • 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: 36.6334152
  • Std. Longitude: -88.4819870
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: F.M. Pendergrass farm; 1.5 miles SW of Coldwater, KY.
  • 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-F4—Kirksey, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E.V. Huffman and R.I. Barnhisel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, thermic Oxyaquic Fraglossudalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Grenada
  • PSC - 20 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grenada
  • Classificaton Date - 5/9/1967
  • 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: 5/9/1967 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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

    LESPE

    Lespedeza

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

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    56 - 208

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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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint mottles; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1107
    Bt1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1108
    Bt2—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 1 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1109
    Bt3—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 1 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent clay films; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY1110
    Ex—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint and 15 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY1111
    Btx1—69 to 81 centimeters (27.2 to 31.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 10 percent silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY1112
    Btx2—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 15 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 15 percent clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY1113. patchy - phpvsfiid 610801; patchy - phpvsfiid 610802; patchy - phpvsfiid 610801; patchy - phpvsfiid 610802
    Btx3—102 to 135 centimeters (40.2 to 53.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 15 percent gray (10YR 6/1) clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY1114
    Btx4—135 to 160 centimeters (53.1 to 63.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 10 percent gray (10YR 6/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY1115
    Btx5—160 to 185 centimeters (63.0 to 72.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 10 percent gray (10YR 6/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY1116
    Btx6—185 to 208 centimeters (72.8 to 81.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY1117
    2C1—208 to 231 centimeters (81.9 to 90.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 1 percent 5YR 3/6 (5YR 3/6) fine distinct and 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; structureless massive; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7. Lab sample # KY1118
    2C2—231 to 254 centimeters (90.9 to 100.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; 1 percent 5YR 3/6 (5YR 3/6) fine distinct and 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; structureless massive; friable; fragments. Lab sample # KY1119