IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shelby
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 06KS005604
  • User Pedon ID: 06KS005604
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 06KS005604
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40811
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 39.5113907
  • Std. Longitude: -95.3686142
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6 S.
  • Range: 18 E.
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 800' W & 1500' N of the southeast corner
  • Map Unit: Sm—SHELBY CLAY LOAM, 7 TO 15 PERCENT SLOPES, ERODED
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS005—Atchison
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS005—Atchison County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39095-E3—Lancaster, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Gienger
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelby
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/14/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy subglacial till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/14/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 21
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    redox concentrations

    0—17

    41—

    95—

    95—

    —17—

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    —-

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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

    7

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    —

    318

    —

    90

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    A—0 to 17 centimeters (0.0 to 6.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3643; observed in push tube
    BA—17 to 41 centimeters (6.7 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior clay loam; 32 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3644; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 337011; patchy - phpvsfiid 337011
    Bt1—41 to 68 centimeters (16.1 to 26.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) exterior clay loam; 34 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 6 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3645; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 337012; patchy - phpvsfiid 337012
    Bt2—68 to 95 centimeters (26.8 to 37.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) exterior clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 6 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3646; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 337013; patchy - phpvsfiid 337013
    Btk1—95 to 117 centimeters (37.4 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) exterior clay loam; 28 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine distinct dendritic extremely weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings throughout; 5 percent fine distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate masses in cracks; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 5-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments and 7 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3647; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 337014; patchy - phpvsfiid 337014
    Btk2—117 to 144 centimeters (46.1 to 56.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) exterior clay loam; 34 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 6 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine distinct noncoherent cemented reduced matrix in cracks and 6 percent fine distinct dendritic extremely weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings throughout; 6 percent fine distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate masses in cracks; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3649; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 337015; patchy - phpvsfiid 337015
    Btk3—144 to 168 centimeters (56.7 to 66.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior clay loam; 32 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine distinct dendritic extremely weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings throughout; 15 percent fine distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate masses in cracks; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # KSUSS3648; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 337016; patchy - phpvsfiid 337016