IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vinland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 07KS087022
  • User Pedon ID: 07KS087022
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 07KS087022
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40854
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 39.1094437
  • Std. Longitude: -95.2249985
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11 S
  • Range: 20 E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: southwest corner
  • Location Description: KSU SAMPLE
  • Map Unit: Vo—VINLAND COMPLEX, 7 TO 15 PERCENT SLOPES7653—Vinland complex, 7 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS087—Jefferson
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS087—Jefferson County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39095-A2—Midland, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Evans
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Lithic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vinland
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Lithic Hapludolls
  • PSC - 0 to 35 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/20/2007
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy residuum weathered from sandstone and shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Bedrock: moderately coherent at 35cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/20/2007 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 40
  • 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 Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    moderately coherent

    35 -

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    0—35

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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

    24

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    150

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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular moderately coherent cemented siltstone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3773
    Bw—18 to 35 centimeters (7.1 to 13.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular moderately coherent cemented siltstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS3774
    Cr—35 to 45 centimeters (13.8 to 17.7 inches); fragments.