IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Benfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987KS161001
  • User Pedon ID: 87KS161001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0448
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59743
  • 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: 39.0866661
  • Std. Longitude: -96.5941696
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet east and 600 feet south of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: Riley County, KS.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS161—Riley
  • MLRA: 76—Bluestem Hills

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. Minzenmayer, Haiping Su
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, mesic Udertic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Benfield
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clime T
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1987
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.05 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    10

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    405

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    90

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    1A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, black (10YR 2/1) interior, moist; cherty silty clay loam; strong medium granular structure; firm; 5.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02327. many fine roots throughout
    1A2—15 to 41 centimeters (5.9 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; very cherty silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; firm; 5.5 fine roots throughout; 60 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02328. many fine roots throughout
    1Bt1—41 to 62 centimeters (16.1 to 24.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; very cherty silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 fine roots between peds; 55 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sedimentary, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02329. many clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common fine roots between peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 221885; continuous - phpvsfiid 221885
    2Bt2—62 to 78 centimeters (24.4 to 30.7 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 37 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent medium carbonate masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02330. common medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few fine roots between peds; effervescence is continuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 221886; patchy - phpvsfiid 221886
    2BC—78 to 100 centimeters (30.7 to 39.4 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior, moist; shaly silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 11 percent coarse carbonate masses; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02331. common coarse soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few fine roots between peds; effervescence is continuous
    2C—100 to 120 centimeters (39.4 to 47.2 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior, moist; very shaly silty clay loam; massive; firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 30 percent coarse carbonate masses; 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02332. many coarse soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few fine roots between peds; effervescence is continuous
    2Cr—120 to 160 centimeters (47.2 to 63.0 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) interior, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) interior, moist; extremely shaly silty clay loam; massive; firm; 30 percent coarse carbonate masses and 1 percent coarse carbonate concretions; 75 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 87P02333. many coarse soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few coarse carbonate concretions concentrations; effervescence is continuous