IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ladysmith
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 06KS113002
  • User Pedon ID: 06KS113002
  • 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 # - 06KS113002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40829
  • 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: 38.4290466
  • Std. Longitude: -97.5897675
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 19S
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4
  • Location Description: 4 miles north and 2 miles east of McPherson, KS
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS113—McPherson
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS113—McPherson County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38097-D5—Galva, 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 - 14 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/20/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over loess over loess
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/20/2006 (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

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—141

    14—

    14—

    69—

    141—167

    167—

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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

    0

    —

    —

    470

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    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silty clay loam; 39 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1838; observed in push tube
    Bt1—14 to 37 centimeters (5.5 to 14.6 inches);, 50 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and 50 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist; silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine irregular pores; 5 percent faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 2 percent fine faint black (N 2.5/), moist, iron-manganese nodules; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1839; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 333025; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 333025
    Bt2—37 to 69 centimeters (14.6 to 27.2 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay; 44 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine irregular pores; 10 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine faint black (N 2.5/), moist, iron-manganese nodules and 2 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1840; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 333026; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 333026
    Btk1—69 to 141 centimeters (27.2 to 55.5 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay; 46 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine irregular pores; 10 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct black (N 2.5/), moist, iron-manganese nodules and 5 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent fine distinct carbonate nodules; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1841; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 333027; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 333027
    2Btk2—141 to 167 centimeters (55.5 to 65.7 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay; 42 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 fine irregular pores; 10 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent fine distinct black (N 2.5/), moist, iron-manganese nodules; 2 percent medium distinct carbonate nodules; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1842; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 333028; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 333028
    3Btk3—167 to 204 centimeters (65.7 to 80.3 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay; 40 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 fine irregular pores; 5 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent fine distinct black (N 2.5/), moist, iron-manganese nodules; 5 percent medium distinct carbonate nodules; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # KSUR1843; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 333029; patchy - phpvsfiid 333029
    3Btk4—204 to 245 centimeters (80.3 to 96.5 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 fine irregular pores; 5 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 5 percent fine distinct black (N 2.5/), moist, iron-manganese nodules; 20 percent medium distinct carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # KSUR1844; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 333032; patchy - phpvsfiid 333032