IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grundy
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981KS013001
  • User Pedon ID: 81KS013001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 81P0506
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49350
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 39.7874985
  • Std. Longitude: -95.6305542
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 3S
  • Range: 16E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 780 meters S and 480 meters W of the NE corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS013—Brown
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. F. Ratliff
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Grundy
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grundy
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Aquic Argiudoll
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1981
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1981 (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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    1Ap—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P02963. Few small pockets of partially decomposed organic residues.
    1B21t—12 to 38 centimeters (4.7 to 15.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; , moist, clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent , moist, pressure faces on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02964. many pressure faces surface features on faces of peds; patchy - phpvsfiid 215009; patchy - phpvsfiid 215009
    1B22t—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, firm; , moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent , moist, slickensides (pedogenic) and 55 percent , moist, pressure faces; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02965. Common vertical cracks filled with material from overlying horizons.; many pressure faces surface features; few intersecting slickensides surface features; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 215011; patchy - phpvsfiid 215011
    1B3—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); weak red (2.5YR 4/2) interior clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 1 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) fine faint mottles; weak fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 15 percent , moist, slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 81P02966. Slickensides up to 2 cm wide. Few vertical cracks filled with 10YR 3/1 material.; few intersecting slickensides surface features; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles; few fine faint 5Y62 mottles
    1C1—81 to 122 centimeters (31.9 to 48.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior silty clay loam; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) coarse prominent mottles; massive; very hard, firm; 2.5 fine and medium tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P02967. many medium prominent 10YR58 mottles; many coarse prominent 7.5YR46 mottles
    1C2—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior silty clay loam; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) coarse prominent mottles; massive; very hard, firm; 2.5 fine and medium tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 81P02968. many medium prominent 10YR58 mottles; many coarse prominent 7.5YR46 mottles
    1C3—152 to 185 centimeters (59.8 to 72.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) interior silty clay loam; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) coarse prominent mottles; massive; very hard, firm; 2.5 fine and medium tubular and 0.5 coarse tubular pores; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 81P02969. many medium prominent 10YR58 mottles; many coarse prominent 7.5YR46 mottles