IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Armo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 70KS051002
  • User Pedon ID: 70KS051002
  • User Site Association ID: KS051 Ellis Model PedonsKansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 70KS051002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40939
  • 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: 39.0692101
  • Std. Longitude: -99.2174530
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 1400 feet east and 3500 feet north of the southwest corner
  • Map Unit: Ar—ARMO LOAM, 7 TO 15 PERCENT SLOPES2521—Armo loam, 7 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS051—Ellis
  • MLRA: 73—Rolling Plains and Breaks
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS051—Ellis County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39099-A2—Turkville, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Glover, L. Zavesky, W. Swafford, and Q. Markley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Armo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Haplustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1970
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy colluvium derived from chalk
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1970 (entry creation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 12
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    cambic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    0—25

    38—71

    71—104

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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

    4

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    545

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    2

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    A1—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior, moist; loam; weak thin platy parts to moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 1.0 fine roots; 2-3-5 millimeter chalk fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4453. strongly effervescent
    A3—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, moist; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; hard, friable; 3.0 fine roots; 2-3-5 millimeter chalk fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4454. strongly effervescent
    B2—38 to 71 centimeters (15.0 to 28.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, moist; clay loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.9 fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4455. violently effervescent
    C1ca—71 to 104 centimeters (28.0 to 40.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, moist; stratified clay loam; massive; very hard, friable; 0.9 fine roots; 1 percent worm casts and 5 percent medium weakly coherent cemented carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4456. thin lenses of lighter clored coarse loamy sand make up 25 percent of the horizon; common soft masses of calcium carbonate 5 to 15 millimenters in diameter; violently effervescent.
    C2—104 to 129 centimeters (40.9 to 50.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, moist; stratified silt loam; massive; hard, friable; 5-10-15 millimeter chalk fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4457. strata of gravelly loam sand make up about 40 precent of the horizon; sand particles and pebbles mostly chalk; violently effervescent.
    IIC3—129 to 152 centimeters (50.8 to 59.8 inches); loam; 5-10-15 millimeter chalk fragments and 2-3-5 millimeter chalk fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS4458. bed of fine and medium gravel; 30 percent of interstices filled with loam; most pebbles are chalk.