IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pawnee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 01KS131002
  • User Pedon ID: 01KS131002
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 01KS131002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40158
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 39.7034988
  • Std. Longitude: -96.1491241
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4S
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 700 feet west and 2350 feet north of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: Approximately 1.5 miles south and 1 miles west of Centralia, Kansas.
  • Map Unit: Pa—PAWNEE CLAY LOAM, 1 TO 4 PERCENT SLOPES
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS131—Nemaha
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS131—Nemaha County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39096-F2—Centralia, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Wehmueller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pawnee
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/9/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey pedisediment
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/9/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 35
  • 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

    0—37

    20—120

    —37—

    —100—
    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

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    389

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    30

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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2118; observed in trench
    Ap2—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2119; observed in trench
    Bt1—20 to 37 centimeters (7.9 to 14.6 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 25 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2120; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 169801; continuous - phpvsfiid 169801
    Bt2—37 to 60 centimeters (14.6 to 23.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 2.0 fine roots between peds; 20 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent irregular brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2121; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 169802; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 169802
    Bt3—60 to 86 centimeters (23.6 to 33.9 inches); 60 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior and 40 percent brown (10YR 4/3) exterior silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 15 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent irregular brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2122; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 169803; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 169803
    Bt4—86 to 120 centimeters (33.9 to 47.2 inches); 80 percent brown (10YR 5/3) interior and 20 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) exterior silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 15 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent fine prominent irregular brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2123; observed in trench. patchy - phpvsfiid 169804; patchy - phpvsfiid 169804
    BC—120 to 143 centimeters (47.2 to 56.3 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) exterior, dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5 percent medium prominent irregular light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2124; observed in trench
    2C—143 to 180 centimeters (56.3 to 70.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior, light gray (2.5Y 7/2) exterior, dry; clay loam; massive; firm; 30 percent very coarse prominent irregular light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS2125; observed in trench