IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Reading
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971KS045002
  • User Pedon ID: 71KS045002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1857
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36015
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 38.8638878
  • Std. Longitude: -95.4455566
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14S
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 2200 feet S and 100 feet E of the NW corner
  • Location Description: Douglas County, KS.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS045—Douglas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Haberman, R. Fenwick, W. Abmeyer, J. Zimmerman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Reading
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1971
  • 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: 6/1/1971 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    94

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    26

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    1AP—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, dry; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots; 11 percent worm casts; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14806. 1287; weak very fine thin platy structure occurs in lower 2".; common worm casts concentrations; many fine roots
    1B1—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 5.5 fine roots; 11 percent worm casts; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14807. 1288; common worm casts concentrations; many fine roots
    1B21t—48 to 84 centimeters (18.9 to 33.1 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14808. 1289; few worm casts concentrations; few fine roots
    1B22t—84 to 117 centimeters (33.1 to 46.1 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dry; silty clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14809. few worm casts concentrations; few fine roots; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles
    1B11b—117 to 163 centimeters (46.1 to 64.2 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, dry; silty clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14810. 1291; few charcoal fragments.; few worm casts concentrations; few fine roots; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles
    1B12b—163 to 201 centimeters (64.2 to 79.1 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, dry; clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A14811. Charcoal fragments, gravel, chert, and limestone fragments throughout.; few fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles