IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Martin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 74KS045008
  • User Pedon ID: 74KS045008
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory PedonsPedons to KSU 4/29/2011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 74KS045008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40949
  • 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: 38.7863731
  • Std. Longitude: -95.4498062
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14 S
  • Range: 18 E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 1440 feet north and 1025 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Map Unit: Mc—MARTIN SILTY CLAY LOAM, 3 TO 7 PERCENT SLOPES
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS045—Douglas
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS045—Douglas County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. Dickey, J. Zimmerman, R. Plinsky
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquertic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Martin
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquertic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1974
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey residuum weathered from clayey shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1974 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    A1—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; firm; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4862
    AB—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); silty clay loam; strong medium granular structure; firm; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4863. most peds have shiny surfaces
    B21t—36 to 71 centimeters (14.2 to 28.0 inches); silty clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4864. many root channels filled with black material; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 267705; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 267705
    B22t—71 to 94 centimeters (28.0 to 37.0 inches); silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4865. worm cast and root channels like horizon above; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 267706; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 267706
    B3—94 to 122 centimeters (37.0 to 48.0 inches); silty clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 3 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS4866. shiny films on some peds; but fewer concretions than the horizon before; some dark root channels.
    C—122 to 223 centimeters (48.0 to 87.8 inches); silty clay; massive; very firm; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS4867