IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grenada
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 94KY-035-005
  • User Pedon ID: 94KY-035-005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 94KY-035-005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47426
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: Calloway County, KY; southwest of Murray, KY on the Jones Parker farm at the end of Sage Road in the Edgehill community.
  • 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

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A.D. Karathanasis, R. Forsythe, R. Toor, and J. McIntosh
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, thermic Aquic Fragiudults
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Grenada
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grenada
  • Classificaton Date - 6/21/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Loess/coastal plain
  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/21/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
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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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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3561
    Bt1—18 to 48 centimeters (7.1 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; 1 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine faint mottles; weak subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3562
    Bt2—48 to 81 centimeters (18.9 to 31.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; 1 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent manganese coatings; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY3563
    Btx—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; 15 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) medium distinct and 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay films; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3564. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 639017; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 639017
    Btgx—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/1) fine faint and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay films; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY3565. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 639016; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 639016
    2Btx—152 to 165 centimeters (59.8 to 65.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and brown (10YR 5/3) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; fragments. Lab sample # KY3566