IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ladysmith
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959KS015004
  • User Pedon ID: 59KS015004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1850
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36008
  • Print Date: 7/8/2025

    • 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: 38.0153236
  • Std. Longitude: -97.1017075
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23S
  • Range: 3E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet W and 300 feet N of the SE corner
  • Location Description: Butler County, KS.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS015—Butler

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H.L. Penner, M. Stout
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Vertic Paleustolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ladysmith
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Vertic Paleustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    0

    15

    S59-Kans-8-4-1

    State Highway Commission of Kansas

    15

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    72

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    13

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ap

    0

    15

    S59-Kans-8-4-1

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    34

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    14

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap

    0

    15

    S59-Kans-8-4-1

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    slickensides

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—66

    20—249

    53—97

    249—290

    —66—

    —229—

    —44—

    —41—
    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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    81

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    14

    27

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 15 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14747; very moist when described;. 10955
    AB—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches);, black (10YR 2/1) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14748; very moist when described;. 10956; horizon is variable in thickness ranging from less than 1 inch to about 2 inches.
    Bt1—20 to 53 centimeters (7.9 to 20.9 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, moist; clay; 33 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; very firm; faint , dry, clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14749; very moist when described;. 10957; continuous - phpvsfiid 213388; continuous - phpvsfiid 213388
    Btss1—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, moist; clay; 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; moderate medium blocky structure; very firm; distinct , dry, clay films and slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14750; very moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 213389; continuous - phpvsfiid 213389; many fine faint 10YR52 mottles occasional to few narrow filled cracks or seams or black, both vertical and horizontal; few unstained quartz grains with some rose quartz.
    Btss2—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay; weak medium blocky structure; very firm; faint , dry, clay films and slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14751; very moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 213390; continuous - phpvsfiid 213390; few fine carbonate concretions concentrations few filled root channels or nearly black seams; common unstained quartz grains.
    Bt2—97 to 119 centimeters (38.2 to 46.9 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay; 26 percent clay; 11 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine faint and 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; weak coarse blocky structure; very firm; clay films; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A14752; very moist when described;. 10960; common fine unstained quartz grains.; few fine carbonate concretions concentrations; common fine faint 10YR53 mottles; common fine faint 10YR44 mottles
    Bt3—119 to 145 centimeters (46.9 to 57.1 inches);, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 1 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) distinct mottles; moderate medium blocky structure; firm; faint , dry, clay films; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14753; very moist when described;. 10961; many unstained quartz grains.; few distinct 10YR41 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 213391; continuous - phpvsfiid 213391
    Bt4—145 to 193 centimeters (57.1 to 76.0 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 24 percent clay; 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; moderate coarse angular blocky parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; faint , dry, clay films; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14754; very moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 213392; continuous - phpvsfiid 213392; 10962; few FeMn coatings on some peds; common coarse quartz grains; many coarse quartz gravels forming a so called stone line at 145 cm.; few iron-manganese concretions concentrations; many fine faint 7.5YR44 mottles
    Bt5—193 to 226 centimeters (76.0 to 89.0 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 30 percent black (10YR 2/1) fine distinct and 30 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; very firm; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A14755; very moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. 10963; augered.; many fine distinct 5YR56 mottles; many fine distinct 10YR21 mottles; many fine distinct 10YR41 mottles
    Bt6—226 to 249 centimeters (89.0 to 98.0 inches);, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, moist; silty clay; 1 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fine and 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine and 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3) fine mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; distinct , dry, clay films; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 40A14756; very moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. 10964; mottle color also includes pale yellow (10YR 6/3); few FeMn coatings on faces of peds; augered.; few iron-manganese concretions concentrations; very few to few fine 5YR56 mottles; very few to few fine 5YR43 mottles; very few to few fine 10YR31 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 213393; continuous - phpvsfiid 213393
    2C—249 to 290 centimeters (98.0 to 114.2 inches);, red (2.5YR 4/6) interior, moist; silty clay; 30 percent light red (2.5YR 6/6) and 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and 30 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) mottles; structureless massive; firm; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A14757; very moist when described; observed in auger, bucket. 10965; augered.; many 2.5YR66 mottles; many 10YR62 mottles; many 10YR63 mottles