IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tully
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 88KS061182
  • User Pedon ID: 88KS061182
  • 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 # - 88KS061182
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40973
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 39.0311432
  • Std. Longitude: -96.5378036
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12S
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 250 ft. E, 600 ft. N of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: 250 ft. E, 600 ft. N of SW sec. 4-12-8.
  • Map Unit: To—TULLY SILTY CLAY LOAM, 3 TO 8 PERCENT SLOPES4783—Tully silty clay loam, 3 to 7 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: H. Campbell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Tully
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/1988
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey colluvium derived from shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: very high
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    0—53

    30—132

    —53—

    —102—
    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

    7

    —

    —

    400

    —

    45

    820

    —

    181

    11.8

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    A—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 7.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2785
    Bt1—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 7.0 medium roots throughout and 7.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2786
    Bt2—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior and brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior, moist; silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2787
    Bt3—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior and brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2788
    Bt4—102 to 132 centimeters (40.2 to 52.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, moist; silty clay; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese nodules in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS2789
    BC—132 to 183 centimeters (52.0 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, moist; silty clay; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; hard when dry, firm; 6 percent by volume angular 2-20-50 millimeter chert fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS2790