IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): McCook
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 88KS061318
  • User Pedon ID: 88KS061318
  • 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 # - 88KS061318
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40975
  • 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: 38.9758644
  • Std. Longitude: -96.8655930
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12S
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 1900 feet east and 1600 feet north of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: 1900 ft. E and 1600 ft. N of SW corner sec. 27, T.12S., R.5E.
  • Map Unit: Mb—MCCOOK SILT LOAM, OCCASIONALLY FLOODED2177—McCook silt loam, occasionally flooded
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS061—Geary
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS061—Geary County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38096-H7—Wreford, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Graber
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Fluventic Haplustolls
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - McCook
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Fluventic Haplustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/29/1988
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/29/1988 (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

    0—41

    25—41—50
    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

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    820

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    181

    11.8

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2467
    A—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2468
    AC—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2469
    C1—64 to 112 centimeters (25.2 to 44.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; slightly hard, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2470
    C2—112 to 137 centimeters (44.1 to 53.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; slightly hard, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2471
    C3—137 to 165 centimeters (53.9 to 65.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silty clay loam; hard when dry, firm; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS2472