IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Welda
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 04KS103052
  • User Pedon ID: 04KS103052
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 04KS103052
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40209
  • 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: 39.0083351
  • Std. Longitude: -95.0046387
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12 S
  • Range: 22 E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 2000 feet south and 700 feet west of the northeast corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS103—Leavenworth
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS103—Leavenworth County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39095-A1—Tonganoxie, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Evans
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • 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 - Welda
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 37 to 87 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/10/2004
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/10/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 49
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • 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

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    14—37

    37—175

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    —138—
    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

    11

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    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3050
    A2—3 to 14 centimeters (1.2 to 5.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3051
    E—14 to 37 centimeters (5.5 to 14.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3052
    Bt1—37 to 58 centimeters (14.6 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent distinct silt coats on all faces of peds and 35 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3053. continuous - phpvsfiid 267318; patchy - phpvsfiid 267330; continuous - phpvsfiid 267318; patchy - phpvsfiid 267330
    Bt2—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent distinct silt coats on top faces of peds and 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3054. continuous - phpvsfiid 267319; patchy - phpvsfiid 267332; continuous - phpvsfiid 267319; patchy - phpvsfiid 267332
    Bt3—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 25 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3055. continuous - phpvsfiid 267320; continuous - phpvsfiid 267320
    Bt4—97 to 128 centimeters (38.2 to 50.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 20 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3056. continuous - phpvsfiid 267328; continuous - phpvsfiid 267328
    Bt5—128 to 154 centimeters (50.4 to 60.6 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 15 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3057. continuous - phpvsfiid 267329; continuous - phpvsfiid 267329
    Bt6—154 to 175 centimeters (60.6 to 68.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3058. continuous - phpvsfiid 267321; continuous - phpvsfiid 267321
    BCt—175 to 190 centimeters (68.9 to 74.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 35 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3059. continuous - phpvsfiid 267325; continuous - phpvsfiid 267325