IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ladysmith
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959KS015005
  • User Pedon ID: 59KS015005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1849
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36007
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 38.0155563
  • Std. Longitude: -97.1011124
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23S
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet W and 150 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 Argiustolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ladysmith
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Vertic Argiustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • 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 gray (10YR 3/1) interior silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14737. 10966
    1B21t—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior clay; 11 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) faint mottles; weak medium blocky structure; very firm; faint , dry, clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14738. 10967; few distinct vertical and horizontal dark filled cracks or seams.; common faint 10YR42 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 228387; continuous - phpvsfiid 228387
    1B22t—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior clay; 30 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) faint mottles; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; faint , dry, clay films; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14739. 10968; many distinct vertical and horizontal very dark gray seams or filled cracks; weak slickensides spaced 13 to 37 mm apart.; few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; many faint 10YR42 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 228388; continuous - phpvsfiid 228388
    1B3—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior silty clay; 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) faint and 30 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) faint mottles; weak medium blocky structure; very firm; faint , dry, clay films; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14740. 10969; few dark seams or filled cracks or root channels; few slickensides.; few fine carbonate concretions concentrations; many faint 10YR52 mottles; many faint 10YR41 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 228389; continuous - phpvsfiid 228389
    1C1—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior silty clay loam; 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine and medium faint and 30 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine and medium faint mottles; structureless massive, and weak medium and coarse blocky; firm; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A14741. 10970; few slickensides.; many fine and medium faint 10YR52 mottles; many fine and medium faint 10YR43 mottles
    1C2—107 to 132 centimeters (42.1 to 52.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silty clay loam; 30 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine and medium distinct and 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine and medium distinct and 30 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak medium blocky, and weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct , dry, clay films; 11 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14742. 10971; few carbonate concretions concentrations; common fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; many fine and medium distinct 10YR43 mottles; many fine and medium distinct 10YR52 mottles; many fine and medium distinct 5YR33 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 228390; continuous - phpvsfiid 228390
    1C3—132 to 175 centimeters (52.0 to 68.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; strong very fine and fine angular blocky, and strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct , dry, clay films; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14743. 10972; fine chert gravel mostly in upper half of horizon making up about 5% of the mass.; continuous - phpvsfiid 228391; continuous - phpvsfiid 228391
    1C4—175 to 211 centimeters (68.9 to 83.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior clay; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium mottles; moderate medium blocky structure; very firm; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 40A14744. 10973; augered.; few fine carbonate concretions concentrations; few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few medium 5YR56 mottles; few medium 10YR56 mottles
    1C5—211 to 251 centimeters (83.1 to 98.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior clay; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium blocky structure; very firm; fragments. Lab sample # 40A14745. 10974; many very dark gray streaks; augered.; many medium distinct 10YR56 mottles
    1C6—251 to 282 centimeters (98.8 to 111.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior silty clay; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium blocky structure; very firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A14746. 10975; many very dark gray streaks; augered.; many medium distinct 10YR56 mottles