IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Longford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 88KS061140
  • User Pedon ID: 88KS061140
  • 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 # - 88KS061140
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40969
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 39.0042305
  • Std. Longitude: -96.9310684
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12S
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 1800 feet west and 200 feet north of the southeast corner
  • Map Unit: Lo—LONGFORD LOAM, 1 TO 3 PERCENT SLOPES3400—Longford loam, 1 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS061—Geary
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS061—Geary County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39096-A8—Milford Dam, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Graber, S.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, 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 - Longford
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Udic Argiustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1988
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 10
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

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    360

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    260

    820

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    181

    11.8

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2455
    A—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2456
    BA—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2457
    2Bt1—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 5 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical dark concretions; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2458. patchy - phpvsfiid 23039; patchy - phpvsfiid 23039
    2Bt2—69 to 117 centimeters (27.2 to 46.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 5 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical dark concretions; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2459. patchy - phpvsfiid 23040; patchy - phpvsfiid 23040
    2BC—117 to 137 centimeters (46.1 to 53.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2460
    2C—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; loam; massive; hard when dry, firm; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS2461