IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ladysmith

User Site ID: 06KS015022

User Pedon ID: 06KS015022

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 # - 06KS015022

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40819

Print Date: 12/4/2024

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: 38.0434265

Std. Longitude: -97.1459351

Datum: WGS84

Township: 235

Range: 3E

Section: 19

PLSS Details: NW1/4

Map Unit: 4671—Irwin silty clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes

State: Kansas

County: KS015—Butler

MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS015—Butler County, Kansas

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38097-A2—Elbing, Kansas

PEDON

Describers Name: DeAnn Presley

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Pachic Paleustolls

Pedon Purpose: research site

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Ladysmith

Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Pachic Paleustolls

PSC - 31 to 81 cm.

Classificaton Date - 8/12/2006

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: clayey loess over colluvium over residuum weathered from limestone and shale

Hill Slope Profile: shoulder

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Geology: Sumner group .

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 8/12/2006 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop

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 abrupt textural change argillic horizon secondary carbonates lithologic discontinuity lithologic discontinuity redox depletions with chroma 2 or less	0—168 17— 31—32 31—208 74—108 108—168 168— 168—	—- —- —- —- —- —- —- —-

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	—	—	442	—	338	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap—0 to 17 centimeters (0.0 to 6.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.2 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1993; observed in push tube

A—17 to 31 centimeters (6.7 to 12.2 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 1 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1994; observed in push tube

Bt—31 to 56 centimeters (12.2 to 22.0 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silty clay; 44 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 25 percent faint very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct black (N 2.5/), moist, iron-manganese nodules and 5 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1995; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 337426; continuous - phpvsfiid 337426

Bt—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silty clay; 44 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 25 percent faint very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct black (N 2.5/), moist, iron-manganese nodules and 5 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1996; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 748086; continuous - phpvsfiid 748086

Bt—74 to 108 centimeters (29.1 to 42.5 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay; 44 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 20 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct black (N 2.5/), moist, iron-manganese nodules and 5 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent fine distinct carbonate nodules; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1997; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 337427; continuous - phpvsfiid 337427

2Bt—108 to 143 centimeters (42.5 to 56.3 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; silty clay; 40 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.2 very fine roots between peds; 10 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct black (N 2.5/), moist, iron-manganese nodules and 5 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1998; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 337428; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 337428

2Bt—143 to 168 centimeters (56.3 to 66.1 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; silty clay; 40 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.2 very fine roots between peds; 10 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct black (N 2.5/), moist, iron-manganese nodules and 5 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1999; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 748087; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 748087

3Bt2—168 to 208 centimeters (66.1 to 81.9 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silty clay; 45 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.2 very fine roots between peds; 10 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron-manganese masses and 5 percent fine distinct black (N 2.5/), moist, iron depletions and 5 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual boundary. Lab sample # KSUR2000; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 337429; patchy - phpvsfiid 337429

3BC—208 to 258 centimeters (81.9 to 101.6 inches);, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 5 percent fine distinct black (N 2.5/), moist, iron-manganese masses and 10 percent fine distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 10 percent by volume limestone, unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # KSUR2001; observed in push tube