IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Calloway
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 55KY-035-001
  • User Pedon ID: 55KY-035-001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 55KY-035-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 55KY-035-001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46451
  • Print Date: 2/18/2026

    • 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: 36.6089706
  • Std. Longitude: -88.2486496
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: J.A. Downs farm; 3 miles E of Murray, KY; 1.2 mile SE of junction of Hwy 94 and Hwy 280.
  • 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
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36088-E2—New Concord, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.V. Leighty and H.H. Bailey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, thermic Aquic Fraglossudalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Calloway
  • PSC - 30 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Calloway
  • Classificaton Date - 7/29/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/29/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: ADT3G11
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CARYA

    QUERC

    Carya

    Quercus

    hybrid hickory

    oak

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

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    65 - 103

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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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0596
    AB—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0597
    E—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam; 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0598
    Bt1—30 to 64 centimeters (11.8 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2) silt loam; weak fine angular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; 30 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # KY0599
    Btx1—64 to 86 centimeters (25.2 to 33.9 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) silty clay loam; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint mottles; strong coarse columnar parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # KY0600
    Btx2—86 to 102 centimeters (33.9 to 40.2 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) silty clay loam; 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # KY0601
    C1—102 to 117 centimeters (40.2 to 46.1 inches); dark gray (N 4/), and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; structureless massive; very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # KY0602
    C2—117 to 147 centimeters (46.1 to 57.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2) silt loam; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5. Lab sample # KY0603
    C3—147 to 178 centimeters (57.9 to 70.1 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine angular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; fragments. Lab sample # KY0604
    C4—178 to 269 centimeters (70.1 to 105.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2) silty clay loam; weak fine angular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; fragments. Lab sample # KY0605
    C5—269 to 300 centimeters (105.9 to 118.1 inches); gray (N 5/), and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silty clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; fragments. Lab sample # KY0606
    C6—300 to 315 centimeters (118.1 to 124.0 inches); gray (N 5/), and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay; structureless massive; firm; fragments. Lab sample # KY0607
    C7—315 to 366 centimeters (124.0 to 144.1 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and red (2.5YR 4/8) silty clay; structureless massive; firm; fragments. Lab sample # KY0608