IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ladysmith
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 88KS061179
  • User Pedon ID: 88KS061179
  • 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 # - 88KS061179
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40972
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 38.8925018
  • Std. Longitude: -96.5188904
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13S
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 2320 ft. S, 400 ft. E of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: 2320 ft. S, 400 ft. E of NW sec. 27-13-8.
  • Map Unit: Lm—LADYSMITH SILTY CLAY LOAM, 0 TO 2 PERCENT SLOPES3890—Ladysmith silty clay loam, 0 to 1 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: 38096-H5—White City NE, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. Campbell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Udertic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ladysmith
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Udertic 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: clayey alluvium derived from mixed-noncalcareous
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    1

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    459

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    225

    820

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    181

    11.8

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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 7.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2503; moist when described;
    Bt1—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2504; moist when described;. Some 4/1 silt coats.
    Bt2—38 to 76 centimeters (15.0 to 29.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior, moist; clay; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2505; moist when described;. Few 4/1 silt coats.
    BCk—76 to 96 centimeters (29.9 to 37.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, moist; clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent fine spherical carbonate nodules in matrix; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2506; moist when described;
    C1—96 to 122 centimeters (37.8 to 48.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, moist; silty clay; 1 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine faint and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; very hard, firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2507; moist when described;
    C2—122 to 173 centimeters (48.0 to 68.1 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) exterior, pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior, moist; silty clay; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 10 percent reddish yellow (5YR 7/6) medium distinct mottles; very hard, firm; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS2508; moist when described;