IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Matfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963KS017003
  • User Pedon ID: 63KS017003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1853
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36011
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 38.1372223
  • Std. Longitude: -96.5824966
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22S
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 2100 feet E and 2460 feet N of the SW corner
  • Location Description: Chase County, KS.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS017—Chase

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H.L. Penner
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, montmorillonitic, mesic Pachic Paleustolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Matfield
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey-skeletal, montmorillonitic, mesic Pachic Paleustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1963 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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
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    1A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silt loam; strong fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14773. 18435; weak platy in upper 1/2"; angular chert fragments mostly less than 2" in size occupy about 15% of soil mass; many fine roots
    1A12—8 to 30 centimeters (3.1 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silt loam; strong fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 5.5 fine roots; 30 percent worm casts; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14774. many worm casts concentrations; many fine roots
    1A13—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; silt loam; strong very fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 5.5 fine roots; worm casts; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14775. 18437; chert content as in A12 horizon; worm castings comprise about 40% of the horizon; many fine roots
    1A21—53 to 94 centimeters (20.9 to 37.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; 2.5 fine roots; 5.5 tubular pores; worm casts; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14776. 18438; chert content as in A12 horizon; worm castings comprise about 40% of the horizon; few voids occurring as tunnels and cracks up to 1/2" in diameter; common fine roots
    1A22—94 to 104 centimeters (37.0 to 40.9 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, moist; silt loam; structureless massive; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 tubular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A14777. 18439; faintly mottled with browner colors; chert content as in A12; many fine open pores; contains few voids up to 1/2" in diameter; few fine roots
    1B2t—104 to 142 centimeters (40.9 to 55.9 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior, dark red (2.5YR 3/6) interior, moist; clay; moderate fine blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A14778. 18440; angular chert fragments make up about 75% of soil mass
    1R—142 centimeters (55.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A14779. cherty limestone with vertical fractures filled with dark red clays that are nearly massive