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: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 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
    • 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

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    81

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    14

    27

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    1AP—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14747. 10955
    1AB—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior silty clay loam; weak medium blocky structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14748. 10956; horizon is variable in thickness ranging from less than 1 inch to about 2 inches.
    1B21t—20 to 53 centimeters (7.9 to 20.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; faint , dry, clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14749. 10957; continuous - phpvsfiid 213388; continuous - phpvsfiid 213388
    1B22t—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior clay; 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; moderate medium blocky structure; very firm; distinct , dry, clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14750. many fine faint 10YR52 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 213389; continuous - phpvsfiid 213389
    1B3—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silty clay; weak medium blocky structure; very firm; faint , dry, clay films; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14751. few fine carbonate concretions concentrations; continuous - phpvsfiid 213390; continuous - phpvsfiid 213390
    1C1—97 to 119 centimeters (38.2 to 46.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silty clay; 11 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine faint and 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; structureless massive, and weak coarse blocky; very firm; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A14752. 10960; common fine unstained quartz grains.; few fine carbonate concretions concentrations; common fine faint 10YR53 mottles; common fine faint 10YR44 mottles
    1C2—119 to 145 centimeters (46.9 to 57.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) distinct mottles; structureless massive, and moderate medium blocky; firm; faint , dry, clay films; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14753. 10961; many unstained quartz grains.; few distinct 10YR41 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 213391; continuous - phpvsfiid 213391
    1C3—145 to 193 centimeters (57.1 to 76.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior silty clay loam; 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; firm; faint , dry, clay films; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14754. 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; continuous - phpvsfiid 213392; continuous - phpvsfiid 213392
    1C4—193 to 226 centimeters (76.0 to 89.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior 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. Lab sample # 40A14755. 10963; augered.; many fine distinct 5YR56 mottles; many fine distinct 10YR21 mottles; many fine distinct 10YR41 mottles
    1C5—226 to 249 centimeters (89.0 to 98.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior silty clay; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine and 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3) fine and 1 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fine mottles; strong medium blocky, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; distinct , dry, clay films; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 40A14756. 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
    1C6—249 to 290 centimeters (98.0 to 114.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior silty clay loam, 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; weak medium blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A14757. 10965; augered.; many 2.5YR66 mottles; many 10YR62 mottles; many 10YR63 mottles