IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Detroit
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1953KS141001
  • User Pedon ID: 53KS141001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1953KS141001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1832
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35990
  • 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: 39.4263878
  • Std. Longitude: -98.6569443
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7S
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 1900 feet N and 75 feet E of the SW corner
  • Location Description: Osborne County, KS.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS141—Osborne

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W.M. Johnson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Detroit
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1953
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1953 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    TRITI

    Triticum

    wheat

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    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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    58

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    12

    26

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    1Ap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14598. 1416; many fine roots
    1Ap2—13 to 18 centimeters (5.1 to 7.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; silt loam; weak coarse blocky, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14599. 1417; many fine roots
    1B21t—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and strong medium and coarse blocky structure; hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14600. 1418; many fine roots
    1B22t—33 to 66 centimeters (13.0 to 26.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; silty clay; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium and coarse blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14601. 1419; few fine roots
    1B3—66 to 79 centimeters (26.0 to 31.1 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and strong fine and medium blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A14602. 1420; few roots
    1C1—79 to 119 centimeters (31.1 to 46.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; violent effervescence; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A14603. 1421; common white threads and spots of lime
    1C2—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; structureless massive; slightly hard, friable; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A14604. 1422; common threads and spots of lime