IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Parsons
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1973KS011001
User Pedon ID:
1973KS011001
User Site Association ID:
SDJR - MLRA 112 - Parsons silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
40A1817
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
35975
Print Date:
11/11/2024
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:
37.9372215
Std. Longitude:
-94.6763916
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
24S
Range:
25E
Section:
20
PLSS Details:
570 feet N and 50 feet W of the SE corner
Location Description:
Bourbon County, KS.
State:
Kansas
County:
KS011—Bourbon
PEDON
Describers Name:
E. L. Fleming, J. R. Fortner, R. L. Haberman
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Mollic Albaqualfs
Current Taxon Kind:
taxadjunct
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
1
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Parsons
Taxonomic Class -
Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Mollic Albaqualfs
Classificaton Date -
6/1/1973
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
upland
Drainage Class:
somewhat poorly
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
6/1/1973 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
grass/herbaceous cover
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Site Erosion Accelerated:
water erosion
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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102
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14
27
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1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, dry; silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 5.5 fine roots; 30 percent worm casts; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14478. 1129; many worm casts concentrations; many fine roots
1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, dry; silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 5.5 fine roots; 30 percent worm casts; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14478. 1129; many worm casts concentrations; many fine roots
1A22—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches);, gray (10YR 6/1) interior, dry; silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14480. 1131; many fine roots; few fine distinct 10YR56 mottles
1B21t—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches);, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, dry; silty clay; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 5.5 fine roots; light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, coats on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14481. many fine roots; common fine and medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles
1B22t—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches);, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, dry; silty clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak fine and medium blocky, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots; , dry, clay films on faces of peds and , dry, coats; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14482. 1133; black coatings through old root channels; few fine black concretions and stains.; few fine roots; common fine and medium distinct 10YR56 mottles
1B3—69 to 99 centimeters (27.2 to 39.0 inches);, dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior and gray (5Y 5/1) interior, dry; silty clay; 11 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots; , dry, clay films on faces of peds and , dry, black stains in root channels and/or pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14483. 1134; black coatings through old root channels; few fine black concretions and stains.; few fine roots; common fine and medium distinct 7.5YR44 mottles
1C1—99 to 132 centimeters (39.0 to 52.0 inches);, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and gray (5Y 6/1) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, dry; silty clay; structureless massive; hard, firm; , dry, black stains in root channels and/or pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14484. 1135; black coatings through old root channels; common soft black masses.
1C2—132 to 160 centimeters (52.0 to 63.0 inches);, strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and gray (5Y 6/1) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, dry; silty clay; structureless massive; hard, firm; , dry, coats in root channels and/or pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A14485. 1136; black coatings through old root channesl; common soft black masses.
1C3—160 to 185 centimeters (63.0 to 72.8 inches); fragments; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A14486. Continuation of above horizon.
1C4—185 to 216 centimeters (72.8 to 85.0 inches);, gray (5Y 6/1) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior, dry; silty clay; weak subangular blocky, and weak blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 37 percent , dry, black stains; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A14487. 1138; few black concretions and common black stains; few rounded pebbles less than 1/4" in size.; common black stains surface features