IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Konza
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 05KS127001
  • User Pedon ID: 05KS127001
  • User Site Association ID: Irwin, Ladysmith, Dwight, Konza DeAnn Presley PhD studyKansas State University Laboratory PedonsKSU _ Presley dissertation
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 05KS127001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40248
  • 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: 38.8542862
  • Std. Longitude: -96.7070770
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14S
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Four miles north of White City, Kansas.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS127—Morris
  • MLRA: 76—Bluestem Hills
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38096-G6—White City, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DeAnn Presley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Konza
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 29 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey loess over colluvium over residuum weathered from limestone and shale
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: at 215cm
  • Geology: Chase group .
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/18/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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

    redox concentrations

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    paralithic contact

    0—29

    29—215

    29—215

    48—89

    89—215

    215—

    215—

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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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    —

    433

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed, moist; silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR0969; observed in push tube
    BA—10 to 29 centimeters (3.9 to 11.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, moist; silty clay; 50 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR0970; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 327524; continuous - phpvsfiid 327524
    Bt—29 to 48 centimeters (11.4 to 18.9 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, moist; silty clay; 48 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; extremely firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine irregular pores; 4 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct iron-manganese masses; 1 percent by volume chert fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR0971; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 327525; continuous - phpvsfiid 327525
    Btk—48 to 89 centimeters (18.9 to 35.0 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face, moist; silty clay; 40 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic structure; extremely firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine irregular pores; 2 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 2 percent fine distinct iron-manganese masses; 2 percent fine carbonate masses and 2 percent medium carbonate nodules; 1 percent by volume chert fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR0972; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 327526; continuous - phpvsfiid 327526
    2Bt1—89 to 122 centimeters (35.0 to 48.0 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 0.2 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine irregular pores; 1 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine distinct iron-manganese masses; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR0973; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 327527; continuous - phpvsfiid 327527
    2Bt2—122 to 156 centimeters (48.0 to 61.4 inches);, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.2 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine irregular pores; 3 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct iron-manganese masses; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR0974; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 327528; continuous - phpvsfiid 327528
    2Bt3—156 to 215 centimeters (61.4 to 84.6 inches);, 50 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) broken face and 50 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) broken face, moist; silty clay; 40 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic structure; extremely firm; 0.5 very fine irregular pores; 2 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR0975; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 327529; continuous - phpvsfiid 327529
    3Cr—215 to 230 centimeters (84.6 to 90.6 inches); limestone, unspecified fragments.