IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bavaria
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987KS169002
  • User Pedon ID: 87KS169002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0235
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60356
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 38.8497238
  • Std. Longitude: -97.6872253
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14S
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet W and 1980 feet N of SE corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS169—Saline

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Cecil D. Palmer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Leptic Natrustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bavaria
  • PSC - 28 to 79 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—79

    28—79

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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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; hard, friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01274. few very fine roots throughout
    1A—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; very hard, very firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary.
    1Bt—28 to 56 centimeters (11.0 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, black (10YR 2/1) interior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 15 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01275. few clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222811; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222811
    1Bt2—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 15 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P01276. few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222812; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 222812
    1BC—79 to 114 centimeters (31.1 to 44.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. few fine faint 10YR66 mottles
    1C—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; silt loam; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine faint mottles; massive; hard, friable; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. few fine faint 10YR66 mottles