IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grenada
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 67KY-035-008
  • User Pedon ID: 67KY-035-008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 67KY-035-008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UK
  • Lab Pedon # - 67KY-035-008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46509
  • 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: 36.5667496
  • Std. Longitude: -88.3167038
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Marvin Hill farm; 1.75 miles S of Murray; 100 feet E of US Hwy 641 and 6000 feet N of Midway.
  • 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

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E.V. Huffman and H.H. Bailey
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, thermic Oxyaquic Fraglossudalfs
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Grenada
  • PSC - 18 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grenada
  • Classificaton Date - 5/8/1967
  • 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: 5/8/1967 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: ADT3P112
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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

    LOAR10

    Lolium arundinaceum

    tall fescue

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

    fragipan

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    58 - 168

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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
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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1097
    Bt1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5. Lab sample # KY1098
    Bt2—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay films; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1099. patchy - phpvsfiid 610793; patchy - phpvsfiid 610793
    Bt3—48 to 58 centimeters (18.9 to 22.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 15 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # KY1100
    Btx1—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 15 percent clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KY1101. patchy - phpvsfiid 610794; patchy - phpvsfiid 610794
    Btx2—81 to 104 centimeters (31.9 to 40.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 15 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # KY1102
    Btx3—104 to 124 centimeters (40.9 to 48.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 15 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # KY1103
    Cx1—124 to 145 centimeters (48.8 to 57.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; firm; brittle; 1 percent by volume 5-?-5 millimeter quartz fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7. Lab sample # KY1104
    Cx2—145 to 168 centimeters (57.1 to 66.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; firm; brittle; 5 percent by volume 5-?-5 millimeter quartz fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1. Lab sample # KY1105
    2C—168 to 213 centimeters (66.1 to 83.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) silty clay loam; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse platy structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 15 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 5-?-5 millimeter quartz fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7. Lab sample # KY1106