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: 11/12/2024

    • 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

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    —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.