IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kenoma
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985KS001003
  • User Pedon ID: 85KS001003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0028
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57283
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 37.9286118
  • Std. Longitude: -95.2638855
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 24S
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 1265 feet north and 2190 feet east of the SW corner of the SE quarter
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS001—Allen
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. W. Swanson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Vertic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kenoma
  • PSC - 3 to 53 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kenoma
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Vertic Argiudoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1985 (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—33

    3—71

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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

    2

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    308

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    90

    102

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    16

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    1AB—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silty clay loam; weak medium granular structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky; 2.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 86P00117; moist when described;. common fine roots throughout
    1Bt1—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky; 2.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P00118; moist when described;. common fine roots throughout
    1Bt2—10 to 33 centimeters (3.9 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silty clay; 1 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) fine faint mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P00119; moist when described;. few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few fine roots throughout; few fine faint 5YR34 mottles
    1Bt3—33 to 71 centimeters (13.0 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay; 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) medium faint mottles; weak medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 1 percent medium spherical iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent medium spherical iron concretions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P00120; moist when described;. few medium iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few medium iron concretions concentrations; few fine roots throughout; few medium faint 10YR42 mottles
    1BC—71 to 117 centimeters (28.0 to 46.1 inches); 20 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior and 80 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky; 1 percent medium spherical iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent medium spherical iron concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P00121; moist when described;. few medium iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few medium iron concretions concentrations
    1C—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior silty clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) coarse distinct mottles; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky; 1 percent medium spherical iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent medium spherical iron concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 86P00122; moist when described;. few medium iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few medium iron concretions concentrations; common coarse distinct 10YR56 mottles