IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Corinth
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 70KS051009
  • User Pedon ID: 70KS051009
  • 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 # - 70KS051009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40940
  • 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: 39.0248146
  • Std. Longitude: -99.0809250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12S
  • Range: 16W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 1640 feet west and 3090 feet north of the southeast corner
  • Map Unit: Cn—CORINTH SILTY CLAY LOAM, 3 TO 7 PERCENT SLOPES2592—Corinth silty clay loam, 3 to 7 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-A1—Fairport, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Glover, L. Zavesky, W. Safford, and Q. Markley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Calciustepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Corinth
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Calciustepts
  • PSC - 25 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1970
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey residuum weathered from calcareous shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: moderately coherent shale, calcareous at 76cm
  • Geology: Carlile Shale formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1970 (entry creation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 21
  • 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 Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    moderately coherent

    76 - 119

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    paralithic materials

    0—12

    22—55

    76—119

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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

    3.6

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    522

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    72

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    A11—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; hard, firm; 8.0 roots; 1 percent worm casts; flat 2-3-5 millimeter carbonate rock, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4459. Original description-few flat pieces of calcite; strongly effervescent
    A12—12 to 22 centimeters (4.7 to 8.7 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) exterior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 6.0 roots; 1 percent worm casts; flat 2-3-5 millimeter carbonate rock, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4460. Original description-few flat pieces of calcite; violently effervescent
    B21—22 to 40 centimeters (8.7 to 15.7 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) exterior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 6.0 roots; 1 percent worm casts; flat 2-3-5 millimeter carbonate rock, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4461. Original description-few flat pieces of calcite; violently effervescent
    B22—40 to 55 centimeters (15.7 to 21.7 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) exterior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.9 roots; flat weakly coherent cemented 2-3-5 millimeter shale, calcareous fragments and flat 2-3-5 millimeter carbonate rock, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4462. Original description-few flat pieces of calcite; violently effervescent; soft platy fragments of calcareous shale.
    C—55 to 76 centimeters (21.7 to 29.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) exterior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.9 roots; flat weakly coherent cemented 2-3-55 millimeter shale, calcareous fragments and flat 2-3-5 millimeter carbonate rock, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4463. Original description-soft platy fragments of calcareous shale; serveral flat pieces of calcite; violently effervescent
    R—76 to 119 centimeters (29.9 to 46.9 inches); variegated light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior and brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior and brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, moist; 0.9 roots; fragments. Original description-weathered platy shale, numerous thin seams of light- gray (N 7/0) gypsum.