IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tully
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 69KS161023
  • User Pedon ID: 69KS161023
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory PedonsPedons to KSU 4/29/2011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 69KS161023
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40938
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 39.1079674
  • Std. Longitude: -96.4951172
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11S.
  • Range: 8E.
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 1610 feet east and 2340 feet north of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: Approximately 6 miles souteast of Manhattan, Kansas.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS161—Riley
  • MLRA: 76—Bluestem Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS161—Riley County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39096-A4—Wamego SW, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Donald R. Jantz
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tully
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/1/1969
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: colluvium derived from limestone and shale
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—71

    41—109

    —71—

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    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

    8

    —

    —

    354

    —

    80

    838

    —

    —

    12.2

    —

    —

    13.2

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    A—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior, black (10YR 2/1) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; strong fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 6.0 medium roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4885
    BA—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume rounded 2-4-5 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4886
    Bt1—41 to 71 centimeters (16.1 to 28.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-4-5 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4887
    Bt2—71 to 109 centimeters (28.0 to 42.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 2 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-4-5 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4888
    BC—109 to 130 centimeters (42.9 to 51.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 2 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-4-5 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4889
    C—130 to 183 centimeters (51.2 to 72.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) exterior, moist; silty clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 2 percent medium faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-4-5 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS4890