IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ladysmith
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 06KS079003
  • User Pedon ID: 06KS079003
  • 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 # - 06KS079003
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40823
  • 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: 38.1325264
  • Std. Longitude: -97.4401932
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22S
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: S 1/2 SW 1/4
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS079—Harvey
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS079—Harvey County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38097-B4—Hesston, 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 - 11 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/26/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey loess over colluvium over residuum weathered from limestone
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: at 232cm
  • Geology: Loess group .
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/26/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row 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

    argillic horizon

    redox concentrations

    secondary carbonates

    lithologic discontinuity

    slickensides

    lithologic discontinuity

    paralithic contact

    0—64

    11—232

    11—232

    64—232

    92—232

    157—232

    232—

    232—

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

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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

    1

    —

    —

    448

    —

    90

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 11 centimeters (0.0 to 4.3 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.2 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1925; observed in push tube
    Bt—11 to 29 centimeters (4.3 to 11.4 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), 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 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 2 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1926; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 336880; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 336880
    Bt—29 to 42 centimeters (11.4 to 16.5 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), 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 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 2 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1927; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 748083; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 748083
    Bt2—42 to 64 centimeters (16.5 to 25.2 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay; 43 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.2 very fine roots between peds; 10 percent faint dark brown (10YR 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; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1928; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 336881; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 336881
    Btk—64 to 92 centimeters (25.2 to 36.2 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay; 42 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.2 very fine roots between peds; 10 percent faint dark brown (10YR 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; 1 percent fine distinct carbonate nodules; 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1929; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 336882; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 336882
    2Btk2—92 to 130 centimeters (36.2 to 51.2 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay; 50 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.2 very fine roots between peds; 5 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct black (N 2.5/), moist, iron-manganese masses and 5 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent medium distinct carbonate nodules; 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1930; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 336883; patchy - phpvsfiid 336883
    2Btk2—130 to 157 centimeters (51.2 to 61.8 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay; 50 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.2 very fine roots between peds; 5 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct black (N 2.5/), moist, iron-manganese masses and 5 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent medium distinct carbonate nodules; 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1931; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 748084; patchy - phpvsfiid 748084
    2Btk3—157 to 197 centimeters (61.8 to 77.6 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay; 48 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent fine distinct black (N 2.5/), moist, iron-manganese masses and 25 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent medium distinct carbonate nodules; 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1932; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 336884; patchy - phpvsfiid 336884
    2Btk3—197 to 232 centimeters (77.6 to 91.3 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay; 48 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent fine distinct black (N 2.5/), moist, iron-manganese masses and 25 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent medium distinct carbonate nodules; 1 percent by volume 2-?-5 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1933; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 748085; patchy - phpvsfiid 748085
    3Cr—232 to 239 centimeters (91.3 to 94.1 inches); white (10YR 8/1), white (10YR 8/1), moist; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; observed in push tube