IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Florence
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 88KS061139
  • User Pedon ID: 88KS061139
  • User Site Association ID: KS061 Geary County Type LocationsKansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 88KS061139
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40968
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 39.0600319
  • Std. Longitude: -96.5386353
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 600 feet north and 200 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: About 10 miles south of Manhattan, Kansas near the intersection of Kansas Hwy 177 and Interstate 70.
  • Map Unit: Be—BENFIELD-FLORENCE COMPLEX, 5 TO 30 PERCENT SLOPES4530—Benfield-Florence complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS061—Geary
  • MLRA: 76—Bluestem Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS061—Geary County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39096-A5—Swede Creek, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Wehmueller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, smectitic, mesic Udic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Florence
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey-skeletal, smectitic, mesic Udic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/7/1988
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey residuum weathered from cherty limestone
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Bedrock: moderate weathered limestone, cherty at 142cm
  • Geology: Florence Limestone Formation formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/7/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 9
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—36

    36—142

    142—150

    —36—

    —106—

    —-
    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

    4

    —

    —

    425

    —

    180

    820

    —

    181

    11.8

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    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; gravelly silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout; 25 percent by volume angular 12-30-50 millimeter chert fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2929; observed in cut
    A2—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; very gravelly silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm; 3.0 fine roots around fragments; 1 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 13 percent by volume angular 75-150-250 millimeter chert fragments and 40 percent by volume angular 25-60-75 millimeter chert fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2930; observed in cut. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 23041; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 23041
    Bt1—36 to 94 centimeters (14.2 to 37.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; very cobbly clay; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 3.0 fine roots around fragments; 1 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 20 percent by volume angular 75-100-250 millimeter chert fragments and 32 percent by volume angular 25-60-75 millimeter chert fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2931; observed in cut. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 23042; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 23042
    Bt2—94 to 122 centimeters (37.0 to 48.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; very cobbly clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 1 percent faint clay films; 20 percent by volume angular 75-100-250 millimeter chert fragments and 32 percent by volume angular 25-60-75 millimeter chert fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2932; observed in cut. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 23043; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 23043
    Btk—122 to 142 centimeters (48.0 to 55.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) and light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist; extremely cobbly silty clay; massive; very hard, firm; 17 percent by volume angular 25-60-75 millimeter chert fragments and 68 percent by volume angular 75-100-250 millimeter chert fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2933
    R—142 to 150 centimeters (55.9 to 59.1 inches); bedrock; fragments.