IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Holder
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 89KS061005
  • User Pedon ID: 89KS061005
  • User Site Association ID: Fort Riley LCTA
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0077
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62010
  • 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: 39.2158625
  • Std. Longitude: -96.9522606
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10 S
  • Range: 4 E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 1900 ft. east and 1600 ft. south of the northwest corner
  • Map Unit: Hm—HOLDER SILT LOAM, 1 TO 3 PERCENT SLOPES
  • 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-B8—Milford, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Fortner, Watts, Wehmueller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Udic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Holder
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Udic Argiustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 15 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/5/1989
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess derived from mixed and/or loess derived from mixed and/or residuum weathered from noncalcareous shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/5/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 1
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    0—46

    15—132

    —46—

    —117—
    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

    —

    —

    375

    —

    180

    820

    —

    181

    11.8

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    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak thin platy, and moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 10.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. 90P0511
    Ap2—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 10.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. 90P0512
    Bt1—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 10.0 fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. 90P0513; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 22968; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 22968
    Bt2—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm; 6.0 fine roots throughout; 50 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. 90P0514; continuous - phpvsfiid 22969; continuous - phpvsfiid 22969
    Bt3—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and strong coarse angular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm; 6.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent distinct nonintersecting slickensides on horizontal faces of peds and 30 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. 90P0515; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 22971; continuous - phpvsfiid 22970; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 22971; continuous - phpvsfiid 22970
    Bt4—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist; silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and strong medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 6.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine tubular pores; 50 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. 90P0516; continuous - phpvsfiid 22972; continuous - phpvsfiid 22972
    Bt5—84 to 117 centimeters (33.1 to 46.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist; silty clay loam; 1 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 3.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 6.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. 90P0517; many krotovina 10 cm. in diameter filled with 1YR 6/3 material; continuous - phpvsfiid 22973; continuous - phpvsfiid 22973
    Btk1—117 to 132 centimeters (46.1 to 52.0 inches); 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 70 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/4), 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and 70 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 4 percent fine spherical carbonate masses and 1 percent fine spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. 90P0518; many krotovina 10-20 cm. in diameter filled with 10YR 6/3 material
    2Btk2—132 to 160 centimeters (52.0 to 63.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard when dry, very firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 6.0 fine tubular pores; 26 percent distinct carbonate coats on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/3) clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. 90P0519; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 22975; continuous - phpvsfiid 22974; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 22975; continuous - phpvsfiid 22974
    3Bt1—160 to 180 centimeters (63.0 to 70.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; silty clay loam; strong medium prismatic, and strong coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 6.0 fine tubular pores; 50 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. 90P0520; continuous - phpvsfiid 22976; continuous - phpvsfiid 22976
    3Bt2—180 to 203 centimeters (70.9 to 79.9 inches);, dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) crushed, moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 6.0 fine tubular pores; 50 percent distinct dusky red (2.5YR 3/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. 90P0521; continuous - phpvsfiid 22977; continuous - phpvsfiid 22977
    3Bt3—203 to 239 centimeters (79.9 to 94.1 inches);, dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist; silty clay; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm; 50 percent distinct dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. 90P0522; few krotovina 10 cm in diameter filled with 10YR 6/3 material; continuous - phpvsfiid 22978; continuous - phpvsfiid 22978
    3C—239 to 257 centimeters (94.1 to 101.2 inches);, reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) crushed, moist; silty clay; weak thick platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very firm; 40 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. 90P0523
    3Cr—257 to 274 centimeters (101.2 to 107.9 inches); fragments. 90P0524; dark red shale with few thin layers of olive shale