IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Reading
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 05KS103045
  • User Pedon ID: 05KS103045
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 05KS103045
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40233
  • 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: 39.3163872
  • Std. Longitude: -95.1186142
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 8 S
  • Range: 21 E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet south and 1600 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: South of Easton
  • 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-C1—Easton, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Evans
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Reading
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 32 to 82 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/29/2005
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty alluvium
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: rare flooding for very brief periods
  • Geology: Newman Terrace formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/29/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 8
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—85

    62—163

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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

    2

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; 28 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3154
    BA—15 to 32 centimeters (5.9 to 12.6 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3155
    Bt1—32 to 55 centimeters (12.6 to 21.7 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 45 percent distinct clay films; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3156. continuous - phpvsfiid 282735; continuous - phpvsfiid 282735
    Bt2—55 to 70 centimeters (21.7 to 27.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 40 percent distinct clay films; 10 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3157. continuous - phpvsfiid 282736; continuous - phpvsfiid 282736
    Bt3—70 to 96 centimeters (27.6 to 37.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 20 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3158. continuous - phpvsfiid 282737; continuous - phpvsfiid 282737
    Bt4—96 to 121 centimeters (37.8 to 47.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3159. continuous - phpvsfiid 282738; continuous - phpvsfiid 282738
    BC—121 to 147 centimeters (47.6 to 57.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3160
    C—147 to 178 centimeters (57.9 to 70.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3161