IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grenada
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959TN047001
  • User Pedon ID: S1959TN047001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1959TN047001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4979
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41668
  • 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: 35.0177765
  • Std. Longitude: -89.2436142
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Approximately 17 miles southeast of Somerville, on Cowan Brothers farm, 2 miles south of LaGrange and 660 yards east of LaGrange-Michigan City gravel road.
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN047—Fayette
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN047—Fayette County, Tennessee

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E. C. Sease and D. K. Springer
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grenada
  • Classificaton Date - 10/14/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: terrace
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/14/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: ADB-1F106
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other 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

    GOSSY

    Gossypium

    cotton

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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; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A37652
    B21—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented brown (10YR 4/3) dark concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37653
    B22—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 roots; 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented brown (10YR 4/3) dark concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37654
    B31mg—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) and brown (10YR 5/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 21 percent medium faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 roots; 30 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A37655. patchy - phpvsfiid 189426; patchy - phpvsfiid 189426
    B32mg—79 to 109 centimeters (31.1 to 42.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) distinct mottles; weak and moderate coarse platy structure; firm; 0.5 roots; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, black stains on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37656
    B33mg—109 to 140 centimeters (42.9 to 55.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) loam, clay loam; weak coarse angular blocky, and massive; firm; 0.5 roots; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37657
    B34mg—140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) loam, clay loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) coarse distinct mottles; weak coarse angular blocky, and massive; firm; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, black stains on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37658. patchy - phpvsfiid 189428; patchy - phpvsfiid 189428
    2C1U—165 to 188 centimeters (65.0 to 74.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sandy loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) coarse distinct mottles; massive; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A37659
    2C2U—188 to 229 centimeters (74.0 to 90.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; single grain; fragments. Lab sample # 40A37660