IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Chillicothe
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
03KS091004
User Pedon ID:
03KS091004
User Site Association ID:
Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
KSU
Lab Pedon # -
03KS091004
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
40184
Print Date:
11/21/2024
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:
38.8363647
Std. Longitude:
-94.7600784
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
14 S
Range:
24 E
Section:
16
PLSS Details:
1500 feet south and 250 feet east of the northwest corner
Location Description:
Heritage Park, Dog Walking Area
Map Unit:
7462—Oska-Martin silty clay loams, 4 to 8 percent slopes
State:
Kansas
County:
KS091—Johnson
MLRA:
106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
KS091—Johnson County, Kansas
PEDON
Describers Name:
B. Evans
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiudolls
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
within range of map unit
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from PDP 3.x
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Chillicothe
PSC -
23 to 73 cm.
Classificaton Date -
10/20/2011
Moisture Class -
udic
Moisture Subclass -
udic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Polo
Classificaton Date -
8/15/2003
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
silty and clayey loess over silty and clayey residuum weathered from limestone and shale
Landscape:
upland
Landform:
hillside
Geomorphic Component Hills:
crest
Hill Slope Profile:
summit
Drainage Class:
moderately well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
8/15/2003 (actual site observation date)
Air Photo ID:
26
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
grass/herbaceous cover
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Pedon Restrictions
Kind
Hardness
Restriction Depth L-H
Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
cm
bedrock, lithic
indurated
180 -
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Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
mollic epipedon
argillic horizon
0—55
23—180
—55—
—157—
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
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A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2807
A2—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2751
Bt1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; 2 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 35 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2752. continuous - phpvsfiid 244975; continuous - phpvsfiid 244975
Bt2—38 to 55 centimeters (15.0 to 21.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 40 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2753. continuous - phpvsfiid 244976; continuous - phpvsfiid 244976
Bt3—55 to 74 centimeters (21.7 to 29.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 40 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2754. continuous - phpvsfiid 244977; continuous - phpvsfiid 244977
Bt4—74 to 95 centimeters (29.1 to 37.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) coarse distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 40 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct iron-manganese masses; 1 percent fine spherical ; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2755. continuous - phpvsfiid 244978; continuous - phpvsfiid 244978
Bt5—95 to 122 centimeters (37.4 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silty clay; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 40 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct iron-manganese masses; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2756. continuous - phpvsfiid 258241; continuous - phpvsfiid 258241
2Bt6—122 to 141 centimeters (48.0 to 55.5 inches); 80 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 20 percent brown (10YR 5/3), 80 percent light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and 20 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silty clay; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct iron-manganese masses; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2757. continuous - phpvsfiid 258242; continuous - phpvsfiid 258242
2Bt7—141 to 180 centimeters (55.5 to 70.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), light reddish brown (5YR 6/3), dry; silty clay; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2758. continuous - phpvsfiid 258243; continuous - phpvsfiid 258243
R—180 to 190 centimeters (70.9 to 74.8 inches); fragments.