IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Clime
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
88KS061014
User Pedon ID:
88KS061014
User Site Association ID:
Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
KSU
Lab Pedon # -
88KS061014
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
40960
Print Date:
11/13/2024
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:
38.8852768
Std. Longitude:
-96.6730576
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
12S
Range:
5E
Section:
29
PLSS Details:
1420 feet west and 100 feet north of the southeast corner
Location Description:
About 10 miles south and 8.5 miles east of Junction City, Knasas.
Map Unit:
Cf—CLIME-SOGN SILTY CLAY LOAMS, 5 TO 20 PERCENT SLOPES
State:
Kansas
County:
KS061—Geary
MLRA:
76—Bluestem Hills
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
KS061—Geary County, Kansas
PEDON
Describers Name:
H. Campbell
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, mixed, mesic Udorthentic Haplustolls
Pedon Type:
classifies to current taxon name, full description
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from PDP 3.x
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Clime
Taxonomic Class -
Fine, mixed, mesic Udorthentic Haplustolls
PSC -
25 to cm.
Classificaton Date -
3/1/1988
Moisture Class -
ustic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
clayey residuum weathered from calcareous shale
Landscape:
upland
Landform:
hillslope
Geomorphic Component Hills:
side slope
Hill Slope Profile:
backslope
Slope Position:
middle third
Slope Shape Across:
linear
Slope Shape Down:
linear
Runoff:
very high
Drainage Class:
well
Flooding:
none flooding
Bedrock:
moderately coherent at 84cm
Surface Fragments:
1.00 percent nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 250- to 920-millimeter limestone, unspecified,
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
3/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
Air Photo ID:
23
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
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
mollic epipedon
paralithic contact
0—66
76—86
—66—
—-
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
30
—
—
433
—
135
820
—
181
11.8
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
A—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 75-100-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 6 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 5-40-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2844
Bw—30 to 66 centimeters (11.8 to 26.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 5-40-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 6 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 75-100-250 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2845. few shale fragments less than 1/2 inch in diameter
C—66 to 76 centimeters (26.0 to 29.9 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist; silty clay; massive; hard when dry, firm; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 6 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 5-40-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2846. 20 percent shale fragments less than 1 inch in diameter
Cr—76 to 86 centimeters (29.9 to 33.9 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist; weathered bedrock; fragments. calcareous, clayey shale