IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grigsby
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 77KY-193-005
  • User Pedon ID: 77KY-193-005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 77KY-193-005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46649
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Grapevine Creek, about 1 mile east of Chavies; X: 2,703,350 feet, Y: 381,600 feet.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY193—Perry
  • MLRA: 125—Cumberland Plateau and Mountains
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-LON—London, Kentucky
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY633—Leslie and Perry Counties, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37083-C3—Krypton, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Glenn Kelley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Dystric Fluventic Eutrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Grigsby
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grigsby
  • Classificaton Date - 6/15/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Recent alluvium chiefly from sandstone, siltstone, and shale origin
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/15/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: weeds
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2150
    Bw1—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots; 30 percent brown (10YR 4/3) organic stains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2151
    Bw2—36 to 76 centimeters (14.2 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY2152
    C1—76 to 114 centimeters (29.9 to 44.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and light gray (10YR 7/2) sand; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; structureless massive; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2153
    C2—114 to 157 centimeters (44.9 to 61.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) and dark gray (N 4/), sand; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; structureless massive; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY2154
    C3—157 to 203 centimeters (61.8 to 79.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) and gray (10YR 6/1) gravelly sand, loamy sand; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; structureless massive; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # KY2155