IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kuma
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 05KS171055
  • User Pedon ID: 05KS171055
  • User Site Association ID: 05MLRA72-1619Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 7205KS171-1619-5
  • Transect Stop Number - 5
  • Transect Interval - 122.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 05KS171055
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40807
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 38.4020844
  • Std. Longitude: -100.8201370
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19s
  • Range: 32w
  • Section: 14
  • Location Description: 719 meters north and 516 meters west of the Southeast corner
  • Map Unit: 1619—Keith silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS171—Scott
  • MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS171—Scott County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38100-D7—Tractor, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tom Cochran
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kuma
  • PSC - 13 to 63 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/20/2011
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Keith
  • Classificaton Date - 6/13/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 64 cm of depth to secondary carbonates


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian deposits
  • Landscape: tableland
  • Landform: depression
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/13/2005 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 41
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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—64

    13—94

    —64—

    —81—
    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

    0.3

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    —

    906.2

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed, moist; loam; 19 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 0.8 fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 1 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3193; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 294487; patchy - phpvsfiid 294487
    Bt1—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed, moist; clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak medium prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 0.7 fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 50 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3194; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 294488; continuous - phpvsfiid 294488
    Bt2—23 to 64 centimeters (9.1 to 25.2 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed, moist; clay loam; 28 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 0.8 very fine roots throughout and 0.7 fine roots throughout; 0.7 fine low-continuity dendritic tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3195; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 294490; continuous - phpvsfiid 294490
    Btk—64 to 94 centimeters (25.2 to 37.0 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) rubbed, moist; clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 0.6 very fine roots throughout and 0.4 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 45 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 8 percent fine irregular very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry, carbonate masses in matrix and 10 percent medium irregular white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3196; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 294491; continuous - phpvsfiid 294491
    Bk1—94 to 127 centimeters (37.0 to 50.0 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3) rubbed, moist; loam; 20 percent clay; weak medium prismatic structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.4 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent fine threadlike white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses in matrix and 20 percent medium irregular light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3197; observed in push tube
    Bk2—127 to 163 centimeters (50.0 to 64.2 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) rubbed, moist; loam; 16 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; very friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 0.4 fine roots throughout; 0.4 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent fine irregular light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, carbonate masses in matrix and 5 percent fine threadlike very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry, carbonate masses in matrix and 5 percent medium threadlike white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3198; observed in push tube
    Bk3—163 to 213 centimeters (64.2 to 83.9 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3) rubbed, moist; loam; 18 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 3.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent fine irregular light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, carbonate masses in matrix and 15 percent fine threadlike white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3199; observed in push tube
    Bk4—213 to 226 centimeters (83.9 to 89.0 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) rubbed, moist; loam; 18 percent clay; weak medium prismatic structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 0.4 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent fine threadlike white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses in matrix and 8 percent fine irregular white (10YR 8/1), dry, carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # KSUSS3200; observed in push tube