IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lowmo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 2009MO165004
  • User Pedon ID: 2009MO165004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - MCL
  • Lab Pedon # - M0916504
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 30084
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 39.4994444
  • Std. Longitude: -95.0749444
  • 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-D1—Oak Mills, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kim Worth
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, calcareous, mesic Fluventic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Missouri Pedon
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lowmo
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/11/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Haynie
  • Classificaton Date - 5/12/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • 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 brief periods begining in may
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Geology: Holocene Stage formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/12/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 39095d1
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    redox concentrations

    0—15

    15—36

    36—183

    53—183

    —15—

    —21—

    —147—

    —130—
    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

    0.1

    —

    —

    236.8

    —

    15

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed silty clay loam; 27 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine low-continuity irregular and 0.5 fine low-continuity irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU030458; observed in pit, small
    Bw—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); 80 percent very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) broken face and 20 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) broken face silt loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine low-continuity irregular and 0.5 fine low-continuity irregular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU030459; observed in pit, small
    C1—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); 80 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face and 20 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face loam; 7 percent clay; massive; very friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine low-continuity irregular and 0.5 fine low-continuity irregular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU030460; observed in pit, small
    C2—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face silt loam; 9 percent clay; massive; friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine low-continuity irregular and 0.5 fine low-continuity irregular pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU030461; observed in pit, small
    C3—71 to 104 centimeters (28.0 to 40.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face silt loam; 8 percent clay; massive; friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine low-continuity and 3.0 medium low-continuity and 3.0 fine low-continuity pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MU030462; observed in pit, small
    C4—104 to 114 centimeters (40.9 to 44.9 inches); 70 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face and 30 percent gray (2.5Y 5/1) broken face silt loam; 23 percent clay; massive; friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine low-continuity and 3.0 medium low-continuity and 3.0 fine low-continuity pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented gray (2.5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU030463; observed in pit, small
    C5—114 to 145 centimeters (44.9 to 57.1 inches); 60 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face and 40 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face very fine sandy loam; 5 percent clay; massive; very friable; 3.0 very fine low-continuity and 3.0 medium low-continuity and 3.0 fine low-continuity pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU030464; observed in pit, small
    C6—145 to 163 centimeters (57.1 to 64.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face very fine sandy loam; 5 percent clay; massive; very friable; 3.0 very fine low-continuity and 3.0 medium low-continuity and 3.0 fine low-continuity pores; 1 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron depletions with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MU030465; observed in pit, small
    C7—163 to 183 centimeters (64.2 to 72.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face fine sand; 1 percent clay; loose; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # MU030466; observed in pit, small