IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Calloway
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994KY035005
  • User Pedon ID: 1994KY035005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0768
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66941
  • Print Date: 2/18/2026

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: southwest of Murray, KY on the Jones Parker farm at the end of Sage Rd. in the Edgehill community.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY035—Calloway
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY610—Calloway and Marshall Counties, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A.D. Karathanasis, R. Forsythe, R. Toor, J. McIntosh.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed Glossaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Calloway
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Glossaquic Fragiudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/21/1994
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: coastal plain
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/21/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06037
    BE—8 to 30 centimeters (3.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06038
    Bt1—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; brown (10YR 5/3) and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06039
    Bt2—56 to 86 centimeters (22.0 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent and 21 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06040
    Btg—86 to 127 centimeters (33.9 to 50.0 inches); weak red (2.5YR 5/2) and pale red (2.5YR 6/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent and 3 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P06041
    2Btxg—127 to 165 centimeters (50.0 to 65.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and gray (10YR 5/1) loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; brown (7.5YR 5/2) clay films; fragments. Lab sample # 94P06042. pockets of light gray (10YR 7/1) silt and gray (2.5YR 5/1) clay skin.; continuous - phpvsfiid 746767; continuous - phpvsfiid 746767