IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lanton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 03KS205001
  • User Pedon ID: 03KS205001
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 03KS205001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40190
  • 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: 37.7219429
  • Std. Longitude: -95.7527771
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27S
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 2300 feet east and 980 feet north of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: About 13 miles north and 4.5 miles east of Fredonia, Kansas.
  • Map Unit: La—LANTON SILT LOAM, OCCASIONALLY FLOODED
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS205—Wilson
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS205—Wilson County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37095-F6—Buffalo, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Gastineau
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, active, nonacid, thermic Cumulic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lanton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, active, nonacid, thermic Cumulic Endoaquolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/22/2003
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: noncoherent moderate weathered shale, clayey at 465cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/22/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 3
  • 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

    aquic conditions

    cambic horizon

    0—91

    43—465

    91—244

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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

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    269

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed silt loam; 23 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 2.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular and 1.0 coarse moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2797; observed in push tube
    A1—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 2.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2798; observed in push tube
    A2—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed silty clay loam; 33 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2799; observed in push tube
    BA—43 to 91 centimeters (16.9 to 35.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed silty clay loam; 37 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent fine distinct spherical noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds and 5 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2800; observed in push tube
    Bw1—91 to 124 centimeters (35.8 to 48.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 1.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent fine distinct spherical noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2801; observed in push tube
    Bw2—124 to 173 centimeters (48.8 to 68.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) crushed and brown (10YR 4/3) exterior silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 6.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 2.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 4 percent medium distinct dendritic noncoherent cemented grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds and 10 percent fine distinct spherical noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds; 1 percent coarse irregular moderately coherent cemented carbonate nodules throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2802; observed in push tube
    Bg—173 to 244 centimeters (68.1 to 96.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior silty clay loam; 37 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular and 1.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent fine distinct spherical noncoherent cemented dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix and 20 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries lining pores; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2803; observed in push tube
    2Cg1—244 to 304 centimeters (96.1 to 119.7 inches); variegated 70 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior and 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) exterior silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2804; observed in push tube
    2Cg2—304 to 381 centimeters (119.7 to 150.0 inches); variegated 70 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior and 25 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 5 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; massive; extremely hard, very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2805; observed in push tube
    2C—381 to 465 centimeters (150.0 to 183.1 inches); variegated 55 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior and 35 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; massive; extremely hard, very firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.1, pH meter. Lab sample # KSUSS2806; observed in push tube