IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Baileyville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 03KS131001ksu
  • User Pedon ID: 03KS131001ksu
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 03KS131001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40188
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 39.9316521
  • Std. Longitude: -95.8501968
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2 S
  • Range: 14 E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 750 feet east and 850 feet south of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: Approximately 1 miles west and 1 mile south of Sabetha, Kansas.
  • Map Unit: Wc—WYMORE SILTY CLAY LOAM, 4 TO 8 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: 39095-H7—Sabetha, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: P.Abel, B.Evans
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Oxyaquic Vertic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Baileyville
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Oxyaquic Vertic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/12/2003
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 46 cm of Depth to redoximorphic concentrations and 66 cm of Depth to pedisediment and 81 cm of Depth to till


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey loess over clayey till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle 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: 3/12/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 15
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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—33

    18—152

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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

    5

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    409

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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2580; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior silty clay loam; moderate fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2581; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.8 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 40 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2582; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 239573; continuous - phpvsfiid 239573
    Bt2—33 to 45 centimeters (13.0 to 17.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.8 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 35 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2583; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 239574; continuous - phpvsfiid 239574
    Bt3—45 to 66 centimeters (17.7 to 26.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 20 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent prominent spherical noncoherent cemented iron-manganese concretions throughout and 8 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron infused into matrix adjacent to pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2584; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 239576; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 239576
    2Bt4—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.8 fine roots throughout; 3 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 8 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2585; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 239578; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 239578
    3Bt5—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) exterior silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent spherical noncoherent cemented iron-manganese nodules throughout and 10 percent fine and medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron infused into matrix along faces of peds and 20 percent prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, iron depletions infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2586; observed in pit, small. Increasing sand content. Texture may be close to clay loam.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 239579; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 239579
    3Bt6—97 to 112 centimeters (38.2 to 44.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) exterior clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 20 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent spherical noncoherent cemented iron-manganese nodules throughout and 10 percent prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, iron depletions infused into matrix along faces of peds and 20 percent fine and medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds; 2 percent by volume well rounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-3-5 millimeter quartzite fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2587; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 239580; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 239580
    3Bt7—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) exterior clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.2 fine roots between peds; 25 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent spherical noncoherent cemented iron-manganese nodules throughout and 15 percent fine and medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron infused into matrix along faces of peds and 20 percent prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, iron depletions infused into matrix along faces of peds; 3 percent by volume well rounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-5-20 millimeter quartzite fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2588; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 239582; continuous - phpvsfiid 239582
    3BC—152 to 185 centimeters (59.8 to 72.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) exterior clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 fine roots between peds; 3 percent fine prominent spherical noncoherent cemented iron-manganese nodules throughout and 5 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions infused into matrix along faces of peds and 10 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, and red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron infused into matrix along faces of peds; 3 percent by volume subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-5-20 millimeter quartzite fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # KSUSS2589; observed in pit, small