IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ginat

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2016KY145001

User Pedon ID: S2016KY145001

User Site Association ID: Region 7 FY-16 NWCA Pedons

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - KSSL

Lab Pedon # - 17N0130

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87572

Print Date: 11/23/2024

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: 37.0067778

Std. Longitude: -88.5721250

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: From the intersection of State Highway 450 (Oaks Road) and Hunter Lane, 1,450 feet west along Hunter Lane (blacktop ends), then 900 feet west along vehicle path beside lake, and 200 feet south into woods.

Map Unit: uGnA—Ginat silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, rarely flooded

State: Kentucky

County: KY145—McCracken

MLRA: 134—Southern Mississippi Valley Loess

Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL

MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-MIL—Milan, Tennessee

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY602—Ballard and McCracken Counties, Kentucky

PEDON

Describers Name: J. Craig Harris, Matt McCauley

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, mesic Typic Endoaqualfs

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description

Pedon Purpose: research site

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 0

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:

Forest Overstory Veg. Type - tree

Forest Understory Veg. Type - tree

Forest Groundcover Veg. Type Dominant - perennial forbs or herbaceous

Forest Groundcover Veg. Type Secondary - perennial grass

Hydric: yes

SITE

Parent Material: silty alluvium over clayey alluvium

Landscape: Ohio River river valley

Landform: stream terrace

Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Class: poorly

Flooding: rare flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 6/9/2016 (actual site observation date)

Data Collector: J. Craig Harris

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Current Weather - sunny

Current Air Temp - 27

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon argillic horizon aquic conditions endosaturation reduced matrix redox concentrations	0—10 10—203 10—203 10—203 10—203 10—203	—10— —193— —193— —193— —193— —193—

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
1	—	—	103.6	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face silt loam; strong fine granular structure; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; moderately few medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; 22 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00756; moderately dry when described; observed in pit, small

Btg1—10 to 32 centimeters (3.9 to 12.6 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) broken face silt loam; 26 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few very coarse roots throughout and many medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; 10 percent prominent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent medium prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 20 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00757; very moist when described; observed in pit, small

Btg2—32 to 61 centimeters (12.6 to 24.0 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) broken face silty clay loam; 37 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few very coarse roots throughout and common medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; 21 percent prominent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent spherical black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses in matrix and 25 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00758; very moist when described; observed in pit, small

Btg3—61 to 80 centimeters (24.0 to 31.5 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) broken face silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 35 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few medium roots throughout and many fine roots throughout; 25 percent prominent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent spherical black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses in matrix and 11 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 22 percent medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00759; very moist when described; observed in pit, small. Cornell pH Test Kit, Bromcresol Green (pH 3.8 to 5.2) indicated pH of <5

Btg4—80 to 110 centimeters (31.5 to 43.3 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) broken face silty clay; 5 percent sand; 43 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately few fine roots throughout; 15 percent prominent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent spherical black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses in matrix and 22 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 22 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N00760; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Btg5—110 to 200 centimeters (43.3 to 78.7 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face silty clay; 6 percent sand; 40 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; few very fine roots throughout; 15 percent prominent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent spherical black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses in matrix and 15 percent coarse prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter. Lab sample # 17N00761, 17N00762; moist when described; observed in pit, small. 2Btg5a 110-160cm 5.3 2Btg5b 160-203cm 5.6