IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Eudora
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 89KS061001
  • User Pedon ID: 89KS061001
  • User Site Association ID: Geary County, EudoraFort Riley LCTAKS061 Geary County Type Locations
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 89KS061-8W
  • Transect Stop Number - 1
  • Transect Interval - 35.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0073
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62006
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 39.0522540
  • Std. Longitude: -96.8264226
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: On Republican Flats south of Fort Riley and north of Junction City. 3100 feet north and 1300 feet east of the bridge across the Republican River at the north end of Junction City.
  • Map Unit: Eu—EUDORA SILT LOAM, OCCASIONALLY FLOODED7031—Eudora 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: 39096-A7—Junction City, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Wehmueller, Fortner, Watts, Girdner
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Fluventic Hapludolls
  • 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 - Eudora
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Fluventic Hapludolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/3/1989
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-silty alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/3/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 5
  • 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—48

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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

    0

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    326

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    820

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    181

    11.8

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    0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 medium roots throughout; 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. 90P0476
    18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 medium roots throughout; 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. 90P0476
    36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. 90P0477; few krotovina 20 to 50 mm in diameter filled with 10YR 5/2 material
    48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior and brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; massive; soft, very friable; 1.0 very coarse roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) organic stains on vertical faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. 90P0478; patchy - phpvsfiid 23001; patchy - phpvsfiid 23001
    66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) crushed, dry; silt loam; massive; soft, very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; gradual irregular boundary. 90P0479; few krotovina 10 to 20 mm in diameter filled with 10YR 4/2 material
    81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); 25 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 75 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), 25 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and 75 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak thin platy structure; soft, very friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. 90P0480; colors are finely stratified 1-2 mm thick (bedding planes)
    102 to 124 centimeters (40.2 to 48.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. 90P0481
    124 to 132 centimeters (48.8 to 52.0 inches); 5 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and 95 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), 5 percent gray (10YR 5/1) and 95 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak thin platy structure; soft, very friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. 90P0482; colors are finely stratified 1-2 mm thick (bedding planes), few krotovina 25 mm in diameter filled with 10YR 5/3 material
    132 to 163 centimeters (52.0 to 64.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable; 1.0 medium roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. 90P0483; few discontinuous strata 1-2 mm thick
    163 to 183 centimeters (64.2 to 72.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent fine and medium spherical carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. 90P0484; few strata 1 cm thick, 10YR 3/2 silt loam with about 5 % more clay than matrix, mottles are along root channels
    183 to 216 centimeters (72.0 to 85.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry; silt loam; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) coarse distinct mottles; massive; soft, very friable; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. 90P0485
    216 to 244 centimeters (85.0 to 96.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; silt loam; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) coarse distinct mottles; massive; soft, very friable; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. 90P0486