IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ladysmith
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 06KS115005
  • User Pedon ID: 06KS115005
  • 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 # - 06KS115005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40834
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 38.2623367
  • Std. Longitude: -97.2288361
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 20S
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4 of
  • Location Description: Six miles south of Hillsboro, KS.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS115—Marion
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS115—Marion County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38097-C2—Hillsboro, 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 - 6/15/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey loess over colluvium over colluvium
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Sumner group .
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/15/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    abrupt textural change

    argillic horizon

    redox concentrations

    lithologic discontinuity

    secondary carbonates

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—68

    14—15

    14—

    14—

    68—150

    81—150

    150—

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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

    3

    —

    —

    446

    —

    203

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    Ap—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.2 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1708; observed in push tube
    Bt—14 to 35 centimeters (5.5 to 13.8 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay; 44 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.2 very fine roots between peds; 0.2 very fine irregular pores; 10 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine distinct black (N 2.5/), moist, iron-manganese nodules; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1709; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 332267; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 332267
    Bt—35 to 50 centimeters (13.8 to 19.7 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay; 44 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.2 very fine roots between peds; 0.2 very fine irregular pores; 10 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine distinct black (N 2.5/), moist, iron-manganese nodules; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1710; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 571470; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 571470
    Bt2—50 to 68 centimeters (19.7 to 26.8 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.2 very fine roots between peds; 0.2 very fine irregular pores; 10 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organoargillans on all faces of peds; 1 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 # KSUR1711; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 332268; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 332268
    2Bt3—68 to 81 centimeters (26.8 to 31.9 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; silty clay; 46 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.2 very fine roots between peds; 0.2 very fine irregular pores; 30 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct black (N 2.5/), moist, iron-manganese masses and 5 percent fine distinct 10YR 4/5 (10YR 4/5), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1712; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 332269; continuous - phpvsfiid 332269
    2Btk—81 to 111 centimeters (31.9 to 43.7 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay; 46 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.2 very fine roots between peds; 0.2 very fine irregular pores; 30 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, iron depletions and 2 percent fine distinct black (N 2.5/), moist, iron-manganese masses and 5 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent fine carbonate nodules and 2 percent medium carbonate nodules; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1713; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 332270; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 332270
    2Btk2—111 to 150 centimeters (43.7 to 59.1 inches);, reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay; 40 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.2 very fine irregular pores; 10 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine faint brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist, iron depletions and 2 percent fine distinct black (N 2.5/), moist, iron-manganese masses and 10 percent fine faint yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine carbonate nodules; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1714; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 332275; patchy - phpvsfiid 332275
    3Bt—150 to 187 centimeters (59.1 to 73.6 inches);, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; 36 percent clay;—Error in Exists On—structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.2 very fine irregular pores; 25 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine faint brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist, iron depletions and 2 percent fine distinct black (N 2.5/), moist, iron-manganese masses and 10 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR1715; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 332276; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 332276
    3Bt2—187 to 212 centimeters (73.6 to 83.5 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; 36 percent clay;—Error in Exists On—structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.2 very fine irregular pores; 10 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine distinct black (N 2.5/), moist, iron-manganese masses and 2 percent fine faint brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist, iron depletions and 10 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # KSUR1716; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 332277; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 332277