IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bates
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973KS037001
  • User Pedon ID: 1973KS037001
  • User Site Association ID: MLRA 112 - SDJR Bates
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1828
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35986
  • 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: 37.6408333
  • Std. Longitude: -94.8430556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28S
  • Range: 23E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 3300 feet W and 1600 feet S of the NE corner
  • Location Description: Crawford County, KS.
  • Map Unit: 8621—Bates loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS037—Crawford
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37094-F7—Hiattville, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E.L. Fleming, J.R Fortner, R.L. Haberman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, siliceous, active, thermic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bates (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 38 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/4/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bates
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, siliceous, thermic Typic Argiudolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 38 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from sandstone
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Marmaton Group group .
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R112XY015KS Loamy Upland (Draft) (PE 35-42)

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—38

    38—56

    84—200

    —38—

    —18—

    —116—
    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

    —

    —

    318.6

    —

    1143

    —

    192

    14

    26

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    A—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14569. 1139; many fine roots
    BA—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) iron-manganese masses; 1 percent by volume weakly coherent cemented 2-4-6 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14570. 1140; common fine roots; few fine 10YR56 mottles
    Bt—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine roots; faint , dry, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) iron-manganese masses; 3 percent by volume weakly coherent cemented 2-4-6 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14571. 1141; common fine roots; common medium faint 10YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 933857; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 933857
    BC—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; faint , dry, clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent coarse distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) iron-manganese masses and 20 percent fine prominent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; diffuse irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A14572. 1142; common black coatings on faces of peds and soft black masses; few fine roots; common distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; common distinct 5YR46 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 933858; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 933858
    Cr1—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A14573. 1143; soft fine grained sandstone containing thin beds of silty shale
    Cr2—107 to 132 centimeters (42.1 to 52.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A14574. 1144; interbedded sandy and silty shales