IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bogue
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 00KS051001
  • User Pedon ID: 00KS051001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P1384
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 12877
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • 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: 39.0150833
  • Std. Longitude: -99.1429167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12S
  • Range: 16W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 1550 feet east and 450 feet south of northwest corner
  • Location Description: 1550 feet east and 450 feet south of NW corner of Section 17-12-16. 1994 feet elevation.
  • Map Unit: Bg—BOGUE CLAY, 3 TO 8 PERCENT SLOPES2536—Bogue clay, 3 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS051—Ellis
  • MLRA: 73—Rolling Plains and Breaks
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS051—Ellis County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39099-A2—Turkville, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Tricks & Bill Wehmueller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, mesic Leptic Haplusterts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bogue
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, smectitic, mesic Leptic Haplusterts
  • PSC - 10 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/26/2000
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from limestone and shale and/or residuum weathered from noncalcareous shale
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: s slight weathered shale, noncalcareous with <10
  • Surface Fragments: 2.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/26/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 20
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    slickensides

    secondary carbonates

    paralithic contact

    0—30

    15—86

    30—60

    30—86

    86—173

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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

    8

    15

    9

    608

    —

    315

    584

    —

    —

    12.2

    25

    -0.6

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; weak fine and medium granular structure; very hard, very firm; 7.0 fine to coarse roots throughout; 2 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. limestone fragments-Fort Hays Limestone, 3"x1/4" thick, septarian concretion fragment
    Bw—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); 60 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and 40 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), 60 percent very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) and 40 percent very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 1.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 15 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist, pressure faces on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. limestone fragments-Fort Hays Limestone; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 29622; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 29622
    Bssk1—30 to 45 centimeters (11.8 to 17.7 inches); 60 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and 30 percent dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), 60 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and 30 percent very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent faint very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist, nonintersecting slickensides on faces of peds and 25 percent faint very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist, pressure faces on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine threadlike noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) carbonate masses throughout and 2 percent medium irregular weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) carbonate nodules throughout; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. limestone fragments-Fort Hays Limestone; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 29623; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 29624; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 29623; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 29624
    Bssk2—45 to 60 centimeters (17.7 to 23.6 inches); 60 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and 40 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), 60 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and 40 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak fine and medium platy structure; very hard, very firm; 2.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 1.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, nonintersecting slickensides on faces of peds and 20 percent distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, pressure faces on faces of peds and in pores; 4 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 2 percent fine threadlike noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) carbonate masses throughout; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. at the 60cm, (2.5-4.0 cm thickness) weathered, 80%-10YR 5/4 and 20%-2.5Y 4/3, weak thin platy layer, calcareous loam-fine sand textures, on top of discontinuity; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 29625; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 29626; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 29625; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 29626
    2Bk—60 to 86 centimeters (23.6 to 33.9 inches); 80 percent gray (2.5Y 6/1) and 18 percent yellow (2.5Y 8/6) and 2 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), 80 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) and 18 percent yellow (2.5Y 7/6) and 2 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist; weak thin platy parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 1.0 fine to coarse roots between peds; 5 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 2 percent fine threadlike noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) carbonate masses throughout and 2 percent medium irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) gypsum crystal clusters throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. weathered Blue Hill Shale, matrix is non-calcareous
    2Cr1—86 to 156 centimeters (33.9 to 61.4 inches); 80 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) and 15 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 8/4) and 5 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4), 80 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) and 15 percent yellow (2.5Y 7/6) and 5 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; weak thin platy structure; very hard, very firm, moderately strong; 1.0 fine roots in cracks; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Blue Hill Shale, root penetration along seams
    2Cr2—156 to 173 centimeters (61.4 to 68.1 inches); 80 percent gray (2.5Y 6/1) and 15 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) and 5 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 8/4), 80 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) and 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 5 percent yellow (2.5Y 7/6), moist; weak thin platy structure; very hard, very firm, moderately strong; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Blue Hill Shale, no roots