IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Spearville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963KS057001
  • User Pedon ID: 63KS057001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1862
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36020
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 37.8675003
  • Std. Longitude: -100.1366653
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25S
  • Range: 26W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 880 feet S and 315 feet W of the NE corner
  • Location Description: Ford County, KS.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS057—Ford

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Dodge and C. McBee
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Spearville
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • 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 - 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
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    1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; hard, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14845. 18450
    1B21t—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay; weak fine blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14846. 18451; shiny surfaces on ped faces; few visible pores.; many fine roots
    1B22t—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; very hard, very firm; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14847. 18452; peds have shiny surfaces on ped faces.
    1B3ca—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium blocky, and weak medium blocky structure; hard, firm; 5.5 fine roots; 15 percent clay films; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14848. 18453; old root channels apparently open; many thin films, fine thread-like seams and small soft masses of segregated CaCO3 making up about 2-5% of the volume.; few clay films surface features; many fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 213401; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 213401
    1C1ca—76 to 114 centimeters (29.9 to 44.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; structureless massive, and weak fine subangular blocky; hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14849. 18454; many thin films and fine thread-like seams of CaCO3.; many fine roots
    1C2ca—114 to 147 centimeters (44.9 to 57.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, moist; silt loam; structureless massive; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14850. 18455; many thin films and fine thread-like seams of CaCO3.
    1C3ca—147 to 183 centimeters (57.9 to 72.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silt loam; structureless massive; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14851. 18456; many thin films and fine threads of CaCO3.
    1A11b—183 to 221 centimeters (72.0 to 87.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fine carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A14852
    1A12b—221 to 274 centimeters (87.0 to 107.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A14853. 18458; same as A11b, but subdivided for sampling; augered sample.
    1C4ca—274 to 305 centimeters (107.9 to 120.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silt loam; structureless massive; slightly hard, friable; carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A14854. 18459; about 5% by volume of films, seams and fine soft masses of CaCO3.
    1B2b—305 to 361 centimeters (120.1 to 142.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A14855. 18460; some peds quite durable and difficult to wet; common thin films and fine threads of CaCO3 but constituting less than 1% of mass (by volume).
    1C5ca—361 to 411 centimeters (142.1 to 161.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/3) interior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; structureless massive; slightly hard, friable; fine carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 40A14856. 18461; about 5% by volume of fine soft concentrations of CaCO3; augered sample.
    1C6ca—411 to 467 centimeters (161.8 to 183.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; structureless massive; hard, friable; carbonate masses; fragments. Lab sample # 40A14857. 18462; about 10 to 15% by volume of soft masses of CaCO3; augered sample.