IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Elmont
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
07KS005002
User Pedon ID:
07KS005002
User Site Association ID:
Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
KSU
Lab Pedon # -
07KS005002
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
40843
Print Date:
11/26/2024
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:
39.4681511
Std. Longitude:
-95.1900940
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
7 S
Range:
20 E
Section:
4
PLSS Details:
1700 feet north and 2300 feet east of the southwest corner
Map Unit:
Ju—JUDSON SILT LOAM, 2 TO 6 PERCENT SLOPES7302—Martin silty clay loam, 3 to 7 percent slopes
State:
Kansas
County:
KS005—Atchison
MLRA:
106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
KS005—Atchison County, Kansas
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
39095-D2—Potter, Kansas
PEDON
Describers Name:
B. Evans
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudolls
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
classifies to current taxon name, full description
Pedon Purpose:
research site
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Elmont
Taxonomic Class -
Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudolls
PSC -
31 to 81 cm.
Classificaton Date -
1/10/2007
Moisture SUBClass -
udic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
fine-silty residuum weathered from shale and siltstone
Landscape:
upland
Landform:
hillside
Hill Slope Profile:
backslope
Drainage Class:
well
Geology:
Tecumseh Shale And Oread Limestone formation of the Shawnee group.
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
1/10/2007 (actual site observation date)
Air Photo ID:
30
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
grass/herbaceous cover
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
0—21
31—146
—21—
—115—
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
5
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—
293
—
180
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Ap—0 to 21 centimeters (0.0 to 8.3 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3665
BA—21 to 31 centimeters (8.3 to 12.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3666
Bt1—31 to 51 centimeters (12.2 to 20.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 20 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3667. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 355518; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 355518
Bt2—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 20 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3668. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 355520; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 355520
Bt3—69 to 84 centimeters (27.2 to 33.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine faint brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3669. continuous - phpvsfiid 355521; continuous - phpvsfiid 355521
Bt4—84 to 109 centimeters (33.1 to 42.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 35 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3670. continuous - phpvsfiid 355522; continuous - phpvsfiid 355522
Bt5—109 to 127 centimeters (42.9 to 50.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 35 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 25 percent medium faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3671. continuous - phpvsfiid 355523; continuous - phpvsfiid 355523
Bt6—127 to 146 centimeters (50.0 to 57.5 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) exterior silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 15 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 30 percent medium prominent 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3672. continuous - phpvsfiid 355524; continuous - phpvsfiid 355524
BC—146 to 180 centimeters (57.5 to 70.9 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/1) exterior silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 35 percent medium prominent 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS3673