IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grenada
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994KY035006
  • User Pedon ID: 1994KY035006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0769
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66942
  • 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 Glossic Fragiudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grenada
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Glossic Fragiudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 18 to 68 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 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 # 94P06043
    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 medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06044
    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; 10 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06045
    Btx1—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 3 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) 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 # 94P06046. weak pan.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 746769; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 746769
    Btx2—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 21 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 # 94P06047. weak pan.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 746770; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 746770
    2Btxg—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; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; fragments. Lab sample # 94P06048