IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kenoma
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973KS003002
  • User Pedon ID: 73KS003002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1848
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36006
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 38.1697235
  • Std. Longitude: -95.2347260
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 22S
  • Range: 20E
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 1750 feet E and 550 feet N of the SW corner
  • Location Description: Anderson County, KS. About 0.5 mile east of Lone Elm.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS003—Anderson

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: E.L. Fleming, R.L. Haberman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Vertic Argiudolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kenoma
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Vertic Argiudolls
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1973
  • 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: 6/1/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    2

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    107

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    14

    27

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    1A11—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots; 30 percent worm casts; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A14726. 1118; few fine chert fragments.; many worm casts concentrations; many fine roots
    1AP—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A14736. 1128; few fine chert fragments.
    1A12—13 to 18 centimeters (5.1 to 7.1 inches); fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A14727. 1119; Continuation of above horizon.
    1B21t—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, dry; silty clay; 11 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine faint and 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; weak fine prismatic, and weak very fine blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A14728. 1120; light gray silt coatings on peds in upper 1 1/2", many vertical streaks of very dark brown silt loam; few black concretions.; few worm casts concentrations; common fine roots; common fine faint 10YR53 mottles; common fine faint 10YR44 mottles
    1B22t—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, dry; silty clay; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) faint mottles; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 2.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A14729. 1121; few fine vertical streaks of very dark brown silt loam; few black concretions; few fine chert fragments.; common fine roots; common faint 10YR44 mottles
    1B23t—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dry; silty clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) mottles; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A14730. 1122; few fine vertical streaks of very dark brown silt loam; common black concretions; few fine chert fragments.; few fine roots; common very fine 10YR54 mottles; common very fine 10YR56 mottles
    1B31—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, dry; silty clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) faint mottles; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A14731. 1123; few black concretions; few fine chert fragments; diffuse boundary.; few lime concretions concentrations; few fine roots; common faint 10YR54 mottles
    1B32—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, dry; silty clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A14732. 1124; common black concretions; few fine chert fragments; few lime concretions up to 1 1/2" in diameter; diffuse boundary.; few lime concretions concentrations; common fine faint 10YR54 mottles
    1C1—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches);, reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and pale olive (5Y 6/3) interior, dry; silty clay loam; structureless massive; hard, firm; 55 percent , dry, black stains; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14733. 1125; moist color also contains yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); many black films and stains; small fragments of decomposed shale.; few fine lime concretions concentrations; many black stains surface features
    1C2—152 to 160 centimeters (59.8 to 63.0 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) interior, dry; silty clay loam; weak platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14734. 1126; weathered shale.
    1R—160 to 165 centimeters (63.0 to 65.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A14735. 1127; limestone.