IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Holder
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 88KS061148
  • User Pedon ID: 88KS061148
  • User Site Association ID: Geary County, HolderKS061 Geary County Type LocationsKansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 88KS061-25C
  • Transect Stop Number - 2
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 88KS061148
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40970
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 39.1775894
  • Std. Longitude: -96.9476471
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 1300 ft. W and 300 ft. N of the SE corner
  • Location Description: 1300 feet west and 300 feet north of the southeast corner of sec. 14 T. 10 S., R. 4 E.
  • Map Unit: Ho—HOLDER SILT LOAM, 3 TO 7 PERCENT SLOPES3882—Holder silt loam, 3 to 7 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-B8—Milford, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. Campbell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Udic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Holder
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Udic Argiustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 10/18/1988
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess derived from mixed
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/18/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 1
  • 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

    6

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    363

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    30

    820

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    181

    11.8

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    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; soft, friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2488
    BA—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable; 6.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2489
    Bt1—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 20 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2490. patchy - phpvsfiid 23037; patchy - phpvsfiid 23037
    Bt2—53 to 114 centimeters (20.9 to 44.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 4 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2491. patchy - phpvsfiid 23038; patchy - phpvsfiid 23038
    BC—114 to 147 centimeters (44.9 to 57.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2492
    2C—147 to 183 centimeters (57.9 to 72.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, firm; 15 percent fine and medium spherical carbonate concretions; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS2493