IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Albion
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958KS155002
  • User Pedon ID: 58KS155002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1825
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35983
  • 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: 37.8194427
  • Std. Longitude: -98.0808334
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26S
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 1900 feet S and 242 feet E of the NW corner
  • Location Description: Reno County, KS.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS155—Reno

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Rockers, H. Otsuki
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Udic Haplustalfs
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Albion
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, thermic Udic Haplustalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1958 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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

    2

    —

    —

    —

    —

    74

    —

    —

    13

    27

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14546. 8055.
    1B21t—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14547. 8056; porous.
    1B22t—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; coats on sand and gravel; 1 percent worm casts; 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14548. 8057; porous; few fine gravels; sand grains coated with clay.; few worm casts concentrations
    1B23t—58 to 94 centimeters (22.8 to 37.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, moist; sandy clay loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak medium granular structure; friable; clay films and 55 percent clay bridges; 1 percent worm casts; 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14549. 8058; few fine gravels; weak patchy clay films.; few worm casts concentrations; many clay bridging surface features; patchy - phpvsfiid 213370; patchy - phpvsfiid 213370
    1C1—94 to 122 centimeters (37.0 to 48.0 inches); 5YR 5/ (5YR 5/), interior, yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, moist; loamy sand; structureless single grain; very friable; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14550. 8059; porous.
    1C2—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior, reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior, moist; coarse sand; structureless single grain; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A14551. 8060; porous.
    1C3—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior, reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior, moist; coarse sand; structureless single grain; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A14552. 8061; porous; same as C2: separated for sampling purposes.
    1C4—203 to 251 centimeters (79.9 to 98.8 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior, reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) interior, moist; coarse sand; structureless single grain; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A14553. 8062; porous; same as C3: separated for sampling purposes.