IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): cass
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 09KS1571040
  • User Pedon ID: 09KS1571040
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 09KS1571040
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40902
  • 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: 39.8241272
  • Std. Longitude: -97.8218994
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3 S.
  • Range: 5 W.
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 of the corner
  • Map Unit: Mr—MUIR SILT LOAM, 0 TO 1 PERCENT SLOPES3775—Muir silt loam, rarely flooded
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS157—Republic
  • MLRA: 74—Central Kansas Sandstone Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS157—Republic County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39097-G7—Scandia, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Gienger
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - cass
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/20/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Huscher
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 21 percent of Control Section Sand and 10 percent of Control Section Clay and 86 cm of Top effervescence


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/18/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 32
  • 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
  • Yield Study ID -
  • Current Weather - overcast
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    redox concentrations

    secondary carbonates

    0—25

    60—

    86—120

    —25—

    —-

    —34—
    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

    0.5

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    —

    445

    —

    90

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silt loam; 8 percent sand; 18 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4524; observed in push tube
    A1—25 to 47 centimeters (9.8 to 18.5 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; fine sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 16 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4525; observed in push tube
    A2—47 to 60 centimeters (18.5 to 23.6 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 14 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4526; observed in push tube
    AC—60 to 86 centimeters (23.6 to 33.9 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 30 percent sand; 16 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4527; observed in push tube
    Bk1—86 to 104 centimeters (33.9 to 40.9 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 25 percent sand; 14 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 2 percent fine distinct threadlike very weakly coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate masses on surfaces along root channels; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4528; observed in push tube
    Bk2—104 to 120 centimeters (40.9 to 47.2 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 14 percent sand; 16 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate coats on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron lining pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4529; observed in push tube. Strata from 113-120 cm. Color 10YR 4/2; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 469298; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 469298
    C1—120 to 150 centimeters (47.2 to 59.1 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; very fine sandy loam; 14 percent sand; 12 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 4.0 fine roots throughout; 3 percent fine distinct threadlike noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron lining pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4530; observed in push tube. This horizon has visible bedding planes/strata.
    C2—150 to 177 centimeters (59.1 to 69.7 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silt loam; 12 percent sand; 12 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 2 percent fine distinct platy noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4531; observed in push tube. This horizon has visible bedding planes/strata.; Strata 150-153 cm. Color 10YR 3/2
    2C3—177 to 200 centimeters (69.7 to 78.7 inches);, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, moist; fine sand; 95 percent sand; 1 percent clay; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 60 percent medium prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4532; observed in push tube. This horizon has visible bedding planes/strata.