IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ladysmith
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 06KS017006
  • User Pedon ID: 06KS017006
  • 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 # - 06KS017006
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40821
  • 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: 38.4273796
  • Std. Longitude: -96.4008484
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19S
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 of NW 1/4
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS017—Chase
  • MLRA: 76—Bluestem Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS017—Chase County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38096-D4—Saffordville, 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 - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/5/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey loess over colluvium over residuum weathered from shale over residuum weathered from calcareous shale
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: at 167cm
  • Geology: Roca Shale member of the Roca Shale formation in the Council Grove group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/5/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    abrupt textural change

    redox concentrations

    secondary carbonates

    gypsum accumulations

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    paralithic contact

    0—52

    20—148

    20—21

    33—189

    69—108

    69—108

    108—148

    148—189

    189—

    189—

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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

    4

    —

    —

    368

    —

    270

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    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face, black (10YR 2/1) rubbed, moist; silt loam; 23 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1419; observed in push tube
    Bt1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) broken face, moist; silty clay; 44 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine irregular pores; 5 percent faint very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organoargillans; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1420; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 329070; patchy - phpvsfiid 329070
    Bt2—33 to 52 centimeters (13.0 to 20.5 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; silty clay; 44 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine irregular pores; 5 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans; 1 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1421; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 329071; patchy - phpvsfiid 329071
    Bt3—52 to 69 centimeters (20.5 to 27.2 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) broken face, moist; silty clay; 44 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine irregular pores; 5 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films; 2 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 2 percent fine distinct black (N 2.5/0), moist, iron-manganese nodules; 2 percent by volume chert fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1422; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 329072; patchy - phpvsfiid 329072
    Btky—69 to 90 centimeters (27.2 to 35.4 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; silty clay; 40 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine irregular pores; 10 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films; 2 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 2 percent fine distinct black (N 2.5/0), moist, iron-manganese nodules; 1 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, gypsum masses and 1 percent fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate nodules; 5 percent by volume chert fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1423; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 329073; patchy - phpvsfiid 329073
    Btky—90 to 108 centimeters (35.4 to 42.5 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) broken face, moist; silty clay; 40 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine irregular pores; 10 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films; 2 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 2 percent fine distinct black (N 2.5/0), moist, iron-manganese nodules; 1 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, gypsum masses and 1 percent fine distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate nodules; 5 percent by volume chert fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1424; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 571461; patchy - phpvsfiid 571461
    2Bt—108 to 130 centimeters (42.5 to 51.2 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face, moist; silty clay; 42 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine irregular pores; 25 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films; 5 percent fine distinct black (N 2.5/0), moist, iron-manganese nodules and 5 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume chert fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1425; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 329076; patchy - phpvsfiid 329076
    2Bt—130 to 148 centimeters (51.2 to 58.3 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face, moist; silty clay; 42 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine irregular pores; 25 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films; 5 percent fine distinct black (N 2.5/0), moist, iron-manganese nodules and 5 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume chert fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1426; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 571462; patchy - phpvsfiid 571462
    3CB—148 to 167 centimeters (58.3 to 65.7 inches);, 75 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face and 25 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) broken face, moist; silty clay; 44 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine irregular pores; 5 percent fine distinct black (N 2.5/0), moist, iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume chert fragments and 75 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1427; observed in push tube
    3C—167 to 189 centimeters (65.7 to 74.4 inches);, olive gray (5Y 5/2) broken face, moist; silty clay; 44 percent clay; medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 5 percent fine distinct black (N 2.5/0), moist, iron-manganese masses; shale, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1428; observed in push tube
    4Cr—189 to 207 centimeters (74.4 to 81.5 inches);, olive gray (5Y 5/2) broken face, moist; 5 percent fine distinct black (N 2.5/0), moist, iron-manganese masses; shale, calcareous fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; observed in push tube