IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chase
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983KS127001
  • User Pedon ID: 83KS127001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0729
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 53516
  • 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: 38.5722237
  • Std. Longitude: -96.3694458
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17S
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 793 meters S and 336 meters E of NW corner
  • Location Description: South edge of Dunlap
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS127—Morris
  • MLRA: 76—Bluestem Hills

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J R Fortner and R E Mayhugh
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chase
  • PSC - 48 to 98 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chase
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Aquic Argiudoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1983
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1983 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—99

    48—156

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    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

    0

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    360

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    1Ap—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03608. few fine roots throughout
    1A1—16 to 31 centimeters (6.3 to 12.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior silty clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03609. few fine roots throughout
    1A2—31 to 48 centimeters (12.2 to 18.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03610. few fine roots throughout
    1Bt1—48 to 79 centimeters (18.9 to 31.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03611. few fine roots throughout
    1Bt2—79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior silty clay; 1 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03612. few fine roots throughout; few fine distinct 10YR43 mottles
    1Bt3—99 to 103 centimeters (39.0 to 40.6 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior silty clay; 11 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine distinct and 11 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03613. few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few fine roots throughout; common fine distinct 10YR43 mottles; common fine faint 10YR51 mottles
    1Bt4—130 to 156 centimeters (51.2 to 61.4 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) medium distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03614. few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common medium distinct 10YR41 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR54 mottles
    1BC—156 to 175 centimeters (61.4 to 68.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct and 11 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine faint and 11 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; 11 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments. Lab sample # 83P03615. common fine gypsum crystals concentrations; few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common medium distinct 10YR54 mottles; common fine faint 10YR51 mottles; common fine faint 10YR61 mottles