IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bucyrus
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2007KS003102
  • User Pedon ID: 2007KS003102
  • User Site Association ID: MLRA 112 2007 Samples Wagstaff Aliceville Bucyrus ProjectNewtonia/Lula/Catoosa07MLRA 112 Wagstaff Catoosa projectMLRA 112 Bucyrus Newtonia project
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 07N0573
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 19109
  • Print Date: 1/29/2025

    • 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: 37.8610334
  • Std. Longitude: -95.7835877
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: Lh—LULA SILT LOAM, 0 TO 3 PERCENT SLOPES8797—Lula silt loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes8609—Aliceville silty clay loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS003—Anderson
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS003—Anderson County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38095-C3—Garnett West, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mark Abney, Sheila Staton-Clifton, Katie Philbrick, Wm. Wehmueller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Vertic Paleudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bucyrus
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/2012
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bucyrus
  • Classificaton Date - 5/19/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from cherty limestone
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: indurated limestone, cherty at 186cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • 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: 5/19/2009 (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
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    188 - 200

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

    mollic epipedon

    redox concentrations

    argillic horizon

    slickensides

    lithic contact

    0—32

    18—188

    18—188

    74—188

    188—200

    —32—

    —170—

    —170—

    —114—

    —-
    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

    4

    —

    —

    308

    —

    90

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Ap1—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Ap2—7 to 18 centimeters (2.8 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1) broken face silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    AB—18 to 32 centimeters (7.1 to 12.6 inches); 60 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face and 40 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face silty clay; 42 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries between peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 365863; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 365863
    Bt1—32 to 46 centimeters (12.6 to 18.1 inches); 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) broken face and 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) broken face silty clay; 48 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 25 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries between peds and 2 percent fine prominent spherical weakly coherent cemented black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 365866; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 365866
    Bt2—46 to 74 centimeters (18.1 to 29.1 inches); 50 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) broken face and 50 percent brown (10YR 5/3) broken face silty clay; 50 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 45 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent spherical weakly coherent cemented black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 365867; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 365867
    Btss1—74 to 101 centimeters (29.1 to 39.8 inches); 60 percent brown (10YR 5/3) broken face and 40 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) broken face clay; 57 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 20 percent slickensides (pedogenic) and 60 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine prominent spherical weakly coherent cemented black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with clear boundaries throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 365870; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 365870
    Btss2—101 to 128 centimeters (39.8 to 50.4 inches); 70 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) broken face clay; 62 percent clay; moderate medium wedge parts to moderate fine wedge structure; firm; 25 percent slickensides (pedogenic) and 70 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine prominent spherical moderately coherent cemented black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries throughout and 5 percent medium prominent spherical moderately coherent cemented black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter chert fragments; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 365872; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 365872
    Btss3—128 to 181 centimeters (50.4 to 71.3 inches); 60 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) broken face and 40 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face clay; 64 percent clay; moderate medium wedge parts to moderate fine wedge structure; very firm; 40 percent slickensides (pedogenic) and 70 percent prominent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine prominent spherical strongly coherent cemented black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries throughout and 5 percent medium prominent spherical strongly coherent cemented black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter chert fragments; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 365875; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 365875
    Btss4—181 to 188 centimeters (71.3 to 74.0 inches); 80 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face and 20 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) broken face clay; 64 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 40 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) and 45 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent spherical strongly coherent cemented black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with sharp boundaries throughout and 10 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented black (7.5YR 2.5/1), moist, manganese masses with diffuse boundaries between peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter chert fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 365878; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 365878
    R—188 to 200 centimeters (74.0 to 78.7 inches); bedrock; fragments.