IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crete
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 09KS027001
  • User Pedon ID: 09KS027001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 09N0336
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 24110
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 39.4171389
  • Std. Longitude: -97.1393333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7 S.
  • Range: 3 W.
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 636 feet South and 265 feet East of the NW corner
  • Location Description: About 2.5 miles north and 1.5 miles west of Clay Center, Kansas.
  • Map Unit: Cs—CRETE SILT LOAM, 1 TO 3 PERCENT SLOPES3825—Crete silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS027—Clay
  • MLRA: 74—Central Kansas Sandstone Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS027—Clay County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39097-D2—Clay Center NW, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Anderson, J. Gienger, C. Remley, J. Warner, B. Wehmueller, D. Wood & M. Knapp
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Crete
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/8/2008
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 36.8 percent of Control section clay


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/8/2008 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 18
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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

    0—64

    38—123

    123—

    158—

    —64—

    —85—

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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

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    —

    387

    —

    90

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silt loam; 22 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 12.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    BA—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silt loam; 25 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine tubular pores; 15 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 431097; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 431097
    Bt2—64 to 94 centimeters (25.2 to 37.0 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine tubular pores; 25 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 431098; continuous - phpvsfiid 431098
    Bt3—94 to 123 centimeters (37.0 to 48.4 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 35 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 fine tubular pores; 20 percent prominent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 431099; continuous - phpvsfiid 431099
    Bw—123 to 158 centimeters (48.4 to 62.2 inches);, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, moist; silt loam; 25 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular black (N 2.5/), moist, masses of reduced iron throughout and 2 percent fine irregular brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bk—158 to 200 centimeters (62.2 to 78.7 inches);, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, moist; silt loam; 22 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular black (N 2.5/), moist, manganese masses throughout and 2 percent medium irregular grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron on faces of peds and 2 percent fine irregular brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses and 1 percent medium irregular carbonate concretions; fragments.; observed in pit, small