IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kenoma
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985KS003004
  • User Pedon ID: 85KS003004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1985KS003004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0807
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 57073
  • 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: 38.0733337
  • Std. Longitude: -95.2597198
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23S
  • Range: 20E
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 345 feet East and 2465 feet North of SW corner
  • Location Description: Section 16 recorded on description changed to section 6.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS003—Anderson
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: K. H. Sallee
  • 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 #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kenoma
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/11/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kenoma
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, thermic Vertic Argiudoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    TRITI

    Triticum

    wheat

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—68

    28—120

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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

    3

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    0

    106

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    14

    26

    1

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    1Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dry; silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 very fine roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P04311; moist when described;. Few rock fragments on soil surface ranging from pebble to cobble in size.; many very fine roots throughout; few fine roots throughout
    1Bt1—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dry; silty clay; 43 percent clay; 11 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 very fine roots between peds; 2.5 very fine interstitial pores; 2 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04312; moist when described;. few fine iron concretions concentrations; very few clay films surface features on faces of peds; many very fine roots between peds; common fine prominent 5YR56 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 219302; patchy - phpvsfiid 219302
    1Bt2—43 to 68 centimeters (16.9 to 26.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; silty clay; 45 percent clay; 11 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate very fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 2 percent prominent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine spherical iron concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04313; moist when described;. Vertical fillings of (10YR 3/2)M colored material.; common fine iron concretions concentrations; very few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots between peds; common fine prominent 5YR46 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 219303; patchy - phpvsfiid 219303
    1Bt3—68 to 89 centimeters (26.8 to 35.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; silty clay; 45 percent clay; 11 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate very fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine interstitial pores; 2 percent prominent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent medium spherical iron concretions; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04314; moist when described;. Vertical fillings of (10YR 3/2)M colored material.; common medium iron concretions concentrations; very few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots between peds; common fine prominent 5YR46 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 219304; patchy - phpvsfiid 219304
    1Bt4—89 to 120 centimeters (35.0 to 47.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; silty clay; 46 percent clay; 11 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine distinct and 11 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) fine distinct mottles; weak very fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 2 percent prominent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine spherical iron concretions and 11 percent fine irregular masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P04315; moist when described;. Vertical fillings of (10YR 3/2)M colored material.; common fine iron concretions concentrations; common fine soft masses of iron concentrations; very few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few very fine roots between peds; common fine distinct 10YR66 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR68 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 219305; continuous - phpvsfiid 219305
    1BC—120 to 132 centimeters (47.2 to 52.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, dry; silty clay; 43 percent clay; 11 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) medium distinct mottles; massive; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 11 percent coarse irregular salt masses and 11 percent coarse spherical carbonate concretions; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described;. common coarse lime concretions concentrations; common coarse salt masses concentrations; common medium distinct 10YR68 mottles; effervescence is continuous
    1R—132 to 135 centimeters (52.0 to 53.1 inches); unweathered bedrock; fragments.