IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Detroit
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987KS169001
  • User Pedon ID: 87KS169001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0234
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60355
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 38.8330574
  • Std. Longitude: -97.7052765
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14S
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 2200 feet N and 100 feet E of the SW corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS169—Saline

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Vernon L. Hamilton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Detroit
  • PSC - 46 to 89 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Detroit
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Pachic Argiustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1987 (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—91

    46—91

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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

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    378

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    76

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    1Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; hard, friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01271. few very fine roots throughout
    1BA—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. few very fine roots throughout
    1Bt1—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01272. few clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222809; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222809
    1Bt2—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01273. few clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; few fine faint 7.5YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222810; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222810
    1BC—89 to 122 centimeters (35.0 to 48.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; iron-manganese concretions; fragments; clear wavy boundary. few very fine roots throughout; few fine faint 7.5YR56 mottles
    1C—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium faint mottles; massive; very hard, very firm; fragments. few medium faint 7.5YR56 mottles