IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): FLORENCE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987KS161004
  • User Pedon ID: 87KS161004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0451
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59746
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 39.0963898
  • Std. Longitude: -96.5774994
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet north and 400 feet west of the center
  • Location Description: Riley County, KS.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS161—Riley
  • MLRA: 76—Bluestem Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS161—Riley County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Wehmueller, Campbell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, montmorillonitic, mesic Udic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - FLORENCE
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Florence
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey-skeletal, montmorillonitic, mesic Udic Argi
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02352
    A2—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02353
    BT1—30 to 65 centimeters (11.8 to 25.6 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dry; extremely gravelly silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots in cracks; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds and 75 percent faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films on rock fragments; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese concretions; 90 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02354. continuous - phpvsfiid 200393; continuous - phpvsfiid 200393
    BT2—65 to 80 centimeters (25.6 to 31.5 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), reddish brown (5YR 4/3), dry; very gravelly silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots in cracks; 30 percent faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) clay films on rock fragments and 75 percent faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese concretions; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02355. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200412; continuous - phpvsfiid 200405; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200412; continuous - phpvsfiid 200405
    BT3—80 to 103 centimeters (31.5 to 40.6 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) extremely gravelly silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 75 percent faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films on rock fragments; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese concretions; 90 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02356. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200413; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200413
    2CR—103 to 150 centimeters (40.6 to 59.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) silty clay loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 87P02357