IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dwight
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 05KS127008
  • User Pedon ID: 05KS127008
  • 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 # - 05KS127008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40249
  • Print Date: 9/22/2025

    • 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: 38.5312309
  • Std. Longitude: -96.5337372
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17S
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Nine miles south of Council Grove on Highway 177.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS127—Morris
  • MLRA: 76—Bluestem Hills
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38096-E5—Wilsey SE, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DeAnn Presley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Pachic Paleustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dwight
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Pachic Paleustolls
  • PSC - 12 to 62 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey loess over colluvium over colluvium
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: at 260cm
  • Geology: Chase group .
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/2/2005 (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

    abrupt textural change

    argillic horizon

    redox concentrations

    secondary carbonates

    lithologic discontinuity

    gypsum accumulations

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    paralithic contact

    0—64

    6—7

    12—260

    40—260

    64—99

    99—161

    99—161

    161—260

    260—

    260—

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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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    —

    451

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    Ap—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed, moist; silt loam; 25 percent clay; moderate fine granular parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; 5.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1018; observed in push tube
    Bt1—12 to 40 centimeters (4.7 to 15.7 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; silty clay; 42 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine irregular pores; 5 percent faint very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1019; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327625; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327625
    Bt2—40 to 64 centimeters (15.7 to 25.2 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3) broken face, moist; silty clay; 45 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine irregular pores; 2 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1020; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327626; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327626
    Btk—64 to 99 centimeters (25.2 to 39.0 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 35 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine irregular pores; 1 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent carbonate, finely disseminated; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1021; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327627; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327627
    2Bty1—99 to 132 centimeters (39.0 to 52.0 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/3) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine irregular pores; 5 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine distinct iron-manganese masses and 25 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent gypsum masses; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1022; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327628; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327628
    2Bty2—132 to 161 centimeters (52.0 to 63.4 inches);, reddish brown (5YR 4/3) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine irregular pores; 5 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine distinct iron-manganese masses and 25 percent fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent gypsum masses; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1023; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327629; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327629
    3Bt1—161 to 198 centimeters (63.4 to 78.0 inches);, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) broken face, moist; silty clay; 40 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; 0.5 fine irregular pores; 10 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct iron-manganese masses and 10 percent fine distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1024; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327630; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327630
    3Bt2—198 to 228 centimeters (78.0 to 89.8 inches);, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) broken face, moist; silty clay; 44 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; 0.2 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine irregular pores; 20 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine faint yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine distinct black (N 2.5/), moist, iron-manganese masses; 1 percent by volume chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1025; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 327631; continuous - phpvsfiid 327631
    3Bt3—228 to 260 centimeters (89.8 to 102.4 inches);, strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face, moist; silty clay; 45 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 fine irregular pores; 10 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine faint masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent fine distinct iron-manganese masses; 10 percent by volume limestone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1026; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 327632; continuous - phpvsfiid 327632
    4Cr—260 to 270 centimeters (102.4 to 106.3 inches); limestone, unspecified fragments.; observed in push tube