IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ladysmith
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 05KS127017
  • User Pedon ID: 05KS127017
  • 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 # - 05KS127017
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40800
  • 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: 38.6513023
  • Std. Longitude: -96.8349609
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16S
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Site is one mile west and one mile south of Delavan, Kansas.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS127—Morris
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38096-F7—Delavan, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DeAnn Presley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ladysmith
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 14 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/20/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey loess over colluvium
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Sumner group .
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/20/2005 (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

    argillic horizon

    redox concentrations

    secondary carbonates

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—

    14—

    39—

    60—92

    92—

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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

    0

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    —

    454

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    Ap—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed, moist; silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 5.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1078; observed in push tube
    Bt1—14 to 39 centimeters (5.5 to 15.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, moist; silty clay; 42 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 5.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1079; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327751; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 327751
    Bt2—39 to 60 centimeters (15.4 to 23.6 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; silty clay; 48 percent clay; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine irregular pores; 1 percent faint very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese nodules; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1080; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 327752; patchy - phpvsfiid 327752
    Btk—60 to 92 centimeters (23.6 to 36.2 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; silty clay; 48 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine irregular pores; 1 percent faint very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 2 percent fine distinct iron-manganese masses; 2 percent fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate masses and 1 percent fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate nodules; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1081; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 327753; patchy - phpvsfiid 327753
    2Bt1—92 to 124 centimeters (36.2 to 48.8 inches);, black (10YR 2/1) broken face, moist; silty clay; 44 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 1.0 fine irregular pores; 5 percent faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese nodules and 10 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1082; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 327754; continuous - phpvsfiid 327754
    2Bt2—124 to 164 centimeters (48.8 to 64.6 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, moist; silty clay; 46 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; 0.5 fine irregular pores; 5 percent faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese nodules and 2 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # KSUR1083; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 327757; continuous - phpvsfiid 327757
    2Bt2—164 to 199 centimeters (64.6 to 78.3 inches); silty clay; 46 percent clay; very firm; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # KSUR1084; observed in push tube
    2Bt2—199 to 225 centimeters (78.3 to 88.6 inches); silty clay; 46 percent clay; very firm; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # KSUR1085; observed in push tube
    2Bt2—225 to 252 centimeters (88.6 to 99.2 inches); silty clay; 46 percent clay; very firm; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # KSUR1086; observed in push tube