IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Woodson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971KS045003
  • User Pedon ID: 71KS045003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1871
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36029
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 38.7653160
  • Std. Longitude: -95.1147003
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 15S
  • Range: 21E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 750 feet W and 820 feet S of the NE corner
  • Location Description: Douglas County, KS.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS045—Douglas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. L. Zimmerman, R. O. Plinsky
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Abruptic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Woodson
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Abruptic Argiaquolls
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately 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
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    94

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    13

    26

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    1Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, gray (10YR 5/1) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14918. 1292; common fine roots
    1A1—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, gray (10YR 5/1) interior, dry; silty clay loam; weak fine platy, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14919. 1293; few fine black concretions.; common fine roots
    1B21t—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, dry; silty clay; 1 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine faint mottles; moderate medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 2.5 fine roots; coats on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14920. 1294; few fine black concretions.; common fine roots; few fine faint 10YR33 mottles
    1B22t—51 to 84 centimeters (20.1 to 33.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, dry; silty clay; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) fine faint mottles; moderate medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate fine blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 2.5 fine roots; coats on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14921. common fine roots; few fine faint 10YR34 mottles
    1B3—84 to 114 centimeters (33.1 to 44.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, 10YR 5/ (10YR 5/), interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak fine and medium blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14922. 1296; about 30% of vertical fillings about 1.5" wide of black (10YR 2/1) silty clay; common fine black concretions.; few fine roots
    1C1—114 to 147 centimeters (44.9 to 57.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; clay loam; 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine and medium faint mottles; structureless massive; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14923. 1297; about 30% of vertical fillings about 1.5" wide of very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay; few fine black concretions.; few fine roots; many fine and medium faint 10YR44 mottles
    1C2—147 to 198 centimeters (57.9 to 78.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; clay loam; structureless massive; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A14924. 1298; a few verical fillings, less wide and less numerous than above horizon of very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay; few fine black concretions; many yellowish red stains.; few fine roots
    1C3—198 to 244 centimeters (78.0 to 96.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; clay loam; structureless massive; slightly hard, friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14925. 1299; a few vertical fillings, less wide and less numerous than the above horizon, of very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay; few fine black concretions; many yellowish red stains.
    1C4—244 to 259 centimeters (96.1 to 102.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior clay loam; 30 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) medium faint and 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium faint mottles; structureless massive; hard, firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14926. Many fine black concretions; many yellowish red stains.; many medium faint 10YR31 mottles; many medium faint 10YR52 mottles
    1Cr—259 to 279 centimeters (102.0 to 109.8 inches); fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14927. Weathered sandstone mixed with clay shale.
    1R—279 to 300 centimeters (109.8 to 118.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A14928. Sandstone.