IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grenada
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 55KY-035-003
  • User Pedon ID: 55KY-035-003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 55KY-035-003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 55KY-035-003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46453
  • 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: 36.5253639
  • Std. Longitude: -88.2416992
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: S.R. Downs farm ; 3.2 miles E of Murray; 1.4 miles SE of junction of Hwy 94 and 280; South road.
  • 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 Oxyaquic Fraglossudalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Grenada
  • PSC - 25 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grenada
  • Classificaton Date - 8/29/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/29/1955 (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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    71 - 104

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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

    3

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam, silt; weak fine granular structure; friable; 15 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0621
    A2—5 to 25 centimeters (2.0 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine angular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0622
    Bt1—25 to 56 centimeters (9.8 to 22.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam, silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0623
    Bt2—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 15 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine distinct and 15 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium distinct and 15 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine distinct and 15 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) medium distinct mottles; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0624
    Btx—71 to 104 centimeters (28.0 to 40.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silty clay loam; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 30 percent silt coats on all faces of peds and 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0625
    C1—104 to 160 centimeters (40.9 to 63.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 15 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 15 percent silt coats on all faces of peds and 15 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # KY0626
    C2—160 to 203 centimeters (63.0 to 79.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silty clay loam; 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2. Lab sample # KY0627
    C3—203 to 229 centimeters (79.9 to 90.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 15 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # KY0628
    C4—229 to 274 centimeters (90.2 to 107.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silty clay loam; 15 percent light gray (N 7/ medium distinct and 15 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # KY0629
    C5—274 to 305 centimeters (107.9 to 120.1 inches); gray (N 6/), and brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # KY0630