IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Memphis
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 55KY-075-001
  • User Pedon ID: 55KY-075-001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 55KY-075-001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 55KY-075-001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46458
  • Print Date: 5/5/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: James P. Mangold farm; 3 miles S of Hickman; 1.5 mile SE of Brownsville.
  • State: Kentucky
  • County: KY075—Fulton
  • MLRA: 134—Southern Mississippi Valley Loess
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: SE-MIL—Milan, Tennessee
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY075—Fulton County, Kentucky
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 36089-E2—Hickman, Kentucky

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.V. Leighty and H.H. Bailey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, thermic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Memphis
  • PSC - 23 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Memphis
  • Classificaton Date - 8/31/1955
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/31/1955 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: ADY5F141
  • 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

    CORNU

    FRAXI

    QUERC

    Cornus

    Fraxinus

    Quercus

    dogwood

    ash

    oak

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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

    5

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY0670
    E—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0671
    Bt1—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) fine faint mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0672
    Bt2—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 15 percent clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0673
    BC—64 to 91 centimeters (25.2 to 35.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0674
    C1—91 to 114 centimeters (35.8 to 44.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 15 percent silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY0675
    C2—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1. Lab sample # KY0676
    C3—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 15 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # KY0677
    C4—183 to 213 centimeters (72.0 to 83.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # KY0678
    C5—213 to 244 centimeters (83.9 to 96.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # KY0679
    C6—244 to 274 centimeters (96.1 to 107.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # KY0680
    C7—274 to 312 centimeters (107.9 to 122.8 inches); fragments. Lab sample # KY0681