IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chase
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 85KS197001
  • User Pedon ID: 85KS197001
  • User Site Association ID: 2811
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 7685KS197-7683-001
  • Transect Stop Number - 1
  • Transect Interval - 30.5
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 12/5/2025

    • 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: 39.1473611
  • Std. Longitude: -96.1005000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10 S
  • Range: 12 E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 1400 feet north and 2500 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Map Unit: Ce—CHASE SILTY CLAY LOAM, RARELY FLOODED4350—Chase silty clay loam, rarely flooded
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS197—Wabaunsee
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS197—Wabaunsee County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39096-B1—Saint Marys, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Graber
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquertic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chase
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquertic Argiudolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 71 to 121 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/18/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: very rare flooding
  • Geology: Newman Terrace formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/18/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 8
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—119

    71—119

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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

    1

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0.
    A—15 to 51 centimeters (5.9 to 20.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5.
    AB—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; 5 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5.
    Bt—71 to 119 centimeters (28.0 to 46.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; 5 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5.
    BC—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; 5 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0.