IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wymore
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 06KS005608
  • User Pedon ID: 06KS005608
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 06KS005608
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40814
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 39.5647240
  • Std. Longitude: -95.3663864
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 6 S.
  • Range: 18 E.
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 150' S & 600' W of the northeast corner
  • Map Unit: Gr—GRUNDY SILTY CLAY LOAM, 0 TO 2 PERCENT SLOPES7252—Grundy silty clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes7681—Wymore silty clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • 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, smectitic, mesic Aquertic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wymore
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquertic Argiudolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 31 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/31/2006
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey noncalcareous loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: crest
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/31/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 15
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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

    redox concentrations

    argillic horizon

    0—31

    18—

    31—150

    —31—

    —-

    —119—
    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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    341

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    245

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3636; observed in push tube
    A—18 to 31 centimeters (7.1 to 12.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4 percent fine faint spherical strongly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3637; observed in push tube
    Bt1—31 to 45 centimeters (12.2 to 17.7 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 6 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 4 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix and 5 percent fine faint spherical strongly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3638; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 341996; continuous - phpvsfiid 341996
    Bt2—45 to 61 centimeters (17.7 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 8 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix and 12 percent fine distinct spherical strongly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3639; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 341997; continuous - phpvsfiid 341997
    Bt3—61 to 98 centimeters (24.0 to 38.6 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 35 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 4 percent fine distinct spherical strongly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese nodules throughout and 15 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3640; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 341998; continuous - phpvsfiid 341998
    Bt4—98 to 132 centimeters (38.6 to 52.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 40 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 6 percent fine distinct dendritic extremely weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese coatings on surfaces along root channels and 25 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3641; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 341999; continuous - phpvsfiid 341999
    Bt5—132 to 150 centimeters (52.0 to 59.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior silt loam; 24 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 25 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3642; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 342000; continuous - phpvsfiid 342000