IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grenada
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959TN047004
  • User Pedon ID: S1959TN047004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A4980
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41669
  • 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: 35.0183334
  • Std. Longitude: -89.2738876
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: About 17 miles south of Somerville on Wolf River terrace, about 2 miles southwest of LaGrange, 1 mile west of LaGrange-Michigan City Road and 1/2 mile north of gravel road on Cowan Brothers farm.
  • State: Tennessee
  • County: TN047—Fayette
  • Regional Office: 7—Auburn, AL
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: TN047—Fayette County, Tennessee

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. K. Springer
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grenada
  • Classificaton Date - 10/15/1959
  • 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: 10/15/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: ADB-3F-96
  • 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
    • 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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37661
    B21—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37662
    B22—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) dark concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37663
    B23g—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; 3 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium faint and 3 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) medium faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 pores; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37664
    B31mg—66 to 102 centimeters (26.0 to 40.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent black stains; 1 percent noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37665. comprising exterior of polygon faces and some patches between tops of polygons totaling about 20 percent of horizon.
    B32mg—102 to 135 centimeters (40.2 to 53.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to massive, and weak fine subangular blocky; firm; 1 percent weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions and 1 percent noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) dark concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37666. polygon faces comprise about 15 percent of horizon; very compact and brittle.
    B33mg—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37667. polygon faces comprise about 10 percent of horizon.
    2C1U—152 to 168 centimeters (59.8 to 66.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy fine sand; massive; firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A37668
    2C2U—168 to 183 centimeters (66.1 to 72.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; single grain; loose; fragments. Lab sample # 40A37669