IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Reading
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 88KS061323
  • User Pedon ID: 88KS061323
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 88KS061323
  • 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 # - 88KS061323
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40977
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 39.0275955
  • Std. Longitude: -96.5381241
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12S
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 600 feet south and 175 feet east of the northwest corner of
  • Map Unit: Re—READING SILTY CLAY LOAM, 0 TO 2 PERCENT SLOPES7173—Reading silty clay loam, rarely flooded
  • 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-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiudolls
  • 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 - Reading
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 51 to 101 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/28/1988
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty alluvium
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/28/1988 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ANGE

    SONU2

    SPPE

    Andropogon gerardii

    Sorghastrum nutans

    Spartina pectinata

    big bluestem

    Indiangrass

    prairie cordgrass

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—51

    51—132

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    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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    5

    820

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    181

    11.8

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, dry; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable; 7.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2781; moist when described;
    A1—20 to 51 centimeters (7.9 to 20.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; soft, friable; 7.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2782; moist when described;
    Bt—51 to 132 centimeters (20.1 to 52.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior, brown (10YR 5/3) exterior, dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2783; moist when described;. Nearly continous dark silt coating - thin.
    BC—132 to 229 centimeters (52.0 to 90.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, dry; silty clay loam; 10 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) fine distinct mottles; slightly hard, friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS2784; moist when described;. Thin - patchy dark silt coating.