IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): McCook
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 88KS061065
  • User Pedon ID: 88KS061065
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 88KS061065
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40962
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 38.9808655
  • Std. Longitude: -96.8589249
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1600 ft. west and 1900 ft. south of the northeast orner of section 27, T. 12S., R. 5E.
  • Map Unit: Mk—MCCOOK-SMOKYHILL SILT LOAMS, OCCASIONALLY FLOODED2181—McCook-Smokyhill silt loams, occasionally flooded
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS061—Geary
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS061—Geary County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38096-H7—Wreford, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Graber
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed Fluventic Haplustolls
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - McCook
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed Fluventic Haplustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 2/29/1988
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: fluvial terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/29/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 15
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    0—30

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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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    329

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    820

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    181

    11.8

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2848
    A—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 6.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2849
    AC—30 to 58 centimeters (11.8 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; massive; soft, very friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2850
    C—58 to 152 centimeters (22.8 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; massive; soft, very friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # KSUSS2851