IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Crete
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
01KS027001ksu
User Pedon ID:
01KS027001ksu
User Site Association ID:
Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
KSU
Lab Pedon # -
01KS027001
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
40154
Print Date:
2/16/2025
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:
39.2222557
Std. Longitude:
-96.9736710
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
9S
Range:
4E
Section:
34
PLSS Details:
SE 1/4 SW 1/4
Location Description:
About 2.5 miles east and 1 mile north of Wakefield, Kansas.
Map Unit:
Cs—CRETE SILT LOAM, 1 TO 3 PERCENT SLOPES
State:
Kansas
County:
KS027—Clay
MLRA:
75—Central Loess Plains
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
KS027—Clay County, Kansas
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
39096-B8—Milford, Kansas
PEDON
Describers Name:
W. Wehmueller
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiustolls
Pedon Type:
map unit inclusion
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Crete
PSC -
18 to 68 cm.
Classificaton Date -
10/20/2011
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Crete
Classificaton Date -
4/27/2001
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
2
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
Field Measured Properties:
160 cm of Depth to paleosol
SITE
Parent Material:
silty loess
Landscape:
upland
Landform:
hillslope
Geomorphic Component Hills:
side slope
Hill Slope Profile:
shoulder
Slope Position:
lower third
Slope Complexity:
complex
Slope Shape Across:
convex
Slope Shape Down:
convex
Runoff:
high
Drainage Class:
well
Flooding:
none flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
4/27/2001 (actual site observation date)
Air Photo ID:
40
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
grass/herbaceous cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
pastureland, tame
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
mollic epipedon
argillic horizon
secondary carbonates
0—48
18—87
87—
—48—
—69—
—-
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
3
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—
372
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270
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A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2102; observed in push tube
Bt1—18 to 35 centimeters (7.1 to 13.8 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2103. continuous - phpvsfiid 169672; continuous - phpvsfiid 169672
Bt2—35 to 48 centimeters (13.8 to 18.9 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2104. continuous - phpvsfiid 169673; continuous - phpvsfiid 169673
Bt3—48 to 70 centimeters (18.9 to 27.6 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior and brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 12 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2105. patchy - phpvsfiid 169674; patchy - phpvsfiid 169674
Bt4—70 to 87 centimeters (27.6 to 34.3 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2106. patchy - phpvsfiid 169675; patchy - phpvsfiid 169675
BCk—87 to 110 centimeters (34.3 to 43.3 inches);, pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine threadlike carbonate masses lining pores and 5 percent fine and medium spherical weakly coherent cemented carbonate nodules in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2107
Ck—110 to 160 centimeters (43.3 to 63.0 inches);, pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; massive; firm; 3 percent fine and medium spherical weakly coherent cemented carbonate nodules in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2108
2Bt1—160 to 240 centimeters (63.0 to 94.5 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2109. continuous - phpvsfiid 169676; continuous - phpvsfiid 169676
2Bt2—240 to 300 centimeters (94.5 to 118.1 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS2110. continuous - phpvsfiid 169677; continuous - phpvsfiid 169677