IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sutphen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 88KS061326
  • User Pedon ID: 88KS061326
  • 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 # - 88KS061326
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40979
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 39.0003090
  • Std. Longitude: -96.8447571
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12S
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 2900 ft. W. and 200 ft. S. of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: 2900 ft. W and 200 ft. S of NE corner sec. 23, T.12S., R.5E.
  • Map Unit: St—SUTPHEN SILTY CLAY, OCCASIONALLY FLOODED3633—Sutphen silty clay, 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: Graber, S.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Udic Haplusterts
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sutphen
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Udic Haplusterts
  • Classificaton Date - 2/29/1988
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/29/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 11
  • 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

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    326

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    820

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    181

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; silty clay; weak fine granular structure; very hard, very firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2438
    A1—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 2 percent pressure faces; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2439
    A2—28 to 53 centimeters (11.0 to 20.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 2 percent pressure faces; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2440
    AC—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) and gray (10YR 5/1), dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) and dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist; silty clay; 1 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, extremely firm; 5 percent pressure faces; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2441
    C1—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silty clay; 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, extremely firm; 2 percent nonintersecting slickensides; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2442
    C2—102 to 150 centimeters (40.2 to 59.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; silty clay; 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 2 percent nonintersecting slickensides; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2443
    C3—150 to 183 centimeters (59.1 to 72.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silty clay; 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS2444