IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Keith
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 88KS193001
  • User Pedon ID: 88KS193001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 88KS193001
  • User Site Association ID: mlra72-benchmark lab pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 12/6/2025

    • 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: 39.2694592
  • Std. Longitude: -101.1198930
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2400 ft W and 1800 ft N of the SE corner of sec. 16 T 9 S., R 34 W.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS193—Thomas
  • MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS193—Thomas County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. McDowell
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Keith
  • PSC - 33 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/14/1988
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/14/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 52
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    BOUTE

    BUDA

    Bouteloua

    Buchloe dactyloides

    grama

    buffalograss

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—102

    33—102

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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

    91

    30.5

    986

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    270

    483

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    10

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 10.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; weak medium prismatic, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 1.0 medium roots between peds and 10.0 fine roots between peds; 26 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent medium irregular worm casts; fragments; clear wavy boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 28266; continuous - phpvsfiid 28266
    Bt2—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; weak medium prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 5.0 fine roots between peds; 26 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 28267; continuous - phpvsfiid 28267
    Bk—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); 20 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 80 percent brown (10YR 5/3), 20 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 80 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable; 4.0 fine roots between peds; 30 percent distinct very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual irregular boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 28268; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 28268
    BCk—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 51 percent faint very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Few 10YR 5/3 and 10YR 7/2(dry) krotovina up to 60 mm in diameter.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 28269; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 28269
    C1—76 to 104 centimeters (29.9 to 40.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 20 percent faint very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; diffuse wavy boundary. patchy - phpvsfiid 28270; patchy - phpvsfiid 28270
    C2—104 to 165 centimeters (40.9 to 65.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; massive; soft, very friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 4 percent faint very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores; 5 percent fine irregular iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; diffuse wavy boundary. Few 10YR 4/2 krotovina up to 60 mm in diameter.; patchy - phpvsfiid 28271; patchy - phpvsfiid 28271
    C3—165 to 201 centimeters (65.0 to 79.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; massive; slightly hard, very friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent faint very pale brown (10YR 8/2) carbonate coats in root channels and/or pores; 5 percent fine irregular iron concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Few empty tunnels (rodent) up to 90 mm in diameter, some are partially filled with 10YR 4/2 material.; patchy - phpvsfiid 28272; patchy - phpvsfiid 28272
    C4—201 to 602 centimeters (79.1 to 237.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; massive; slightly hard, friable; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese concretions; 2 percent medium irregular carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n.