IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ladysmith
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 01KS197004
  • User Pedon ID: 01KS197004
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 01KS197-3890-001
  • Transect Stop Number - 1
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 01KS197004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40163
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 38.8366928
  • Std. Longitude: -96.4101028
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14S
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet west and 1400 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: About 4 miles east and 2 miles south of Alta Vista, Kansas.
  • Map Unit: Lm—LADYSMITH SILTY CLAY LOAM, 0 TO 2 PERCENT SLOPES
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS197—Wabaunsee
  • MLRA: 76—Bluestem Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS197—Wabaunsee County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38096-G4—Alta Vista, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Wehmueller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Udertic Paleustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ladysmith
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/20/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ladysmith
  • Classificaton Date - 9/5/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 120 cm of Depth to paleosol


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey loess over clayey alluvium over clayey residuum weathered from clayey shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: slight weathered shale, calcareous at 355cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/5/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 49
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    paralithic contact

    0—70

    20—120

    70—120

    355—

    —70—

    —100—

    —50—

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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

    1

    —

    —

    448

    —

    270

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    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, moist; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; slow permeability; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2213; observed in push tube
    Bt1—20 to 55 centimeters (7.9 to 21.7 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; very slow permeability; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 15 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2214. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 198250; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 198250
    Bt2—55 to 70 centimeters (21.7 to 27.6 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely firm; very slow permeability; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 15 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2215. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 198252; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 198252
    Btk—70 to 93 centimeters (27.6 to 36.6 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; very slow permeability; 3.0 fine roots between peds; 15 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent fine spherical weakly coherent cemented carbonate nodules with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2216. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 198251; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 198251
    Bt3—93 to 120 centimeters (36.6 to 47.2 inches);, 50 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior and 25 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior and 25 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; slow permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 12 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 12 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron infused into matrix along faces of peds; 1 percent fine threadlike noncoherent cemented carbonate masses lining pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2217. patchy - phpvsfiid 198253; patchy - phpvsfiid 198253
    Bty—120 to 160 centimeters (47.2 to 63.0 inches);, 60 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior and 40 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; strong fine angular blocky structure; firm; slow permeability; 12 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 45 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2218. patchy - phpvsfiid 198254; patchy - phpvsfiid 198254
    2Btss1—160 to 200 centimeters (63.0 to 78.7 inches);, 60 percent brown (7.5YR 4/3) exterior and 40 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) exterior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; very slow permeability; 12 percent slickensides (pedogenic) and 15 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, iron depletions infused into matrix adjacent to pores and 5 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2219. The slickensides are evident even in a sample from a probe tube.; patchy - phpvsfiid 198255; patchy - phpvsfiid 198255
    2Btss2—200 to 317 centimeters (78.7 to 124.8 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; very slow permeability; 5 percent slickensides (pedogenic) and 15 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent very coarse prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (N 2/0), moist, manganese coatings on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2220. The slickensides are evident even in a sample from a probe tube, the core breaks along the shear planes.; patchy - phpvsfiid 198257; patchy - phpvsfiid 198257
    3BCk—317 to 355 centimeters (124.8 to 139.8 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior and brown (7.5YR 4/3) exterior, moist; silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; slow permeability; 45 percent very coarse irregular noncoherent cemented carbonate masses throughout; 5 percent by volume well rounded moderately coherent cemented 5-10-20 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2221
    3Cr—355 to 360 centimeters (139.8 to 141.7 inches); bedrock; fragments.