IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Sansdessein
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
2009MO165001
User Pedon ID:
2009MO165001
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
MCL
Lab Pedon # -
M0916501
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
25894
Print Date:
2/16/2025
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:
39.5129167
Std. Longitude:
-95.0835000
Datum:
WGS84
Country:
US—United States
State:
Kansas
County:
KS005—Atchison
MLRA:
115—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
KS005—Atchison County, Kansas
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
39095-E1—Atchison East, Missouri
PEDON
Describers Name:
Kim Worth
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, mixed, mesic Fluvaquentic Vertic Endoaquolls
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
classifies to current taxon name, full description
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Missouri Pedon
Pedon #:
1
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Sansdessein
PSC -
25 to 102 cm.
Classificaton Date -
2/1/2012
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
tenth edition
Moisture Class -
aquic
Moisture Subclass -
typic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
N/a
Classificaton Date -
4/23/2009
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
0
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
fine-silty alluvium derived from mixed
Landscape:
river valley
Landform:
flood plain
Slope Complexity:
simple
Slope Shape Across:
linear
Slope Shape Down:
linear
Runoff:
negligible
Drainage Class:
somewhat poorly
Flooding:
occasional flooding for very brief periods begining in may
Ponding:
none ponding
Geology:
Holocene Stage formation.
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
4/23/2009 (actual site observation date)
Air Photo ID:
39095e1
Surface Water Kind:
flooded
Surface Water Depth:
15
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
crop cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
hardwoods
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Site Erosion Accelerated:
water erosion sheet
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
mollic epipedon
aquic conditions
0—36
36—142
—36—
—106—
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
0.3
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236.8
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55
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Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) crushed silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine low-continuity and 0.5 fine low-continuity pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005724; observed in pit, small
C1—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face silty clay loam; 39 percent clay; massive; very firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine low-continuity and 0.5 fine low-continuity pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU005725; observed in pit, small
C2—36 to 76 centimeters (14.2 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face silty clay loam; 37 percent clay; massive; very firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine low-continuity and 0.5 fine low-continuity pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU005726; observed in pit, small
C3—76 to 117 centimeters (29.9 to 46.1 inches); dark reddish gray (2.5YR 4/1) broken face silty clay; 44 percent clay; massive; firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine low-continuity and 3.0 fine low-continuity pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented olive (5Y 4/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005727; observed in pit, small
C4—117 to 142 centimeters (46.1 to 55.9 inches); 80 percent dusky red (2.5YR 3/2) broken face and 20 percent weak red (2.5YR 5/2) broken face silty clay; 55 percent clay; massive; firm; 3.0 very fine low-continuity and 3.0 fine low-continuity pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU005728; observed in pit, small
2C5—142 to 183 centimeters (55.9 to 72.0 inches); 80 percent weak red (2.5YR 4/2) broken face and 20 percent pale red (2.5YR 6/2) broken face silt loam; 14 percent clay; massive; friable; 3.0 very fine low-continuity and 3.0 fine low-continuity pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; observed in pit, small