IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Benfield

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 89KS061371

User Pedon ID: 89KS061371

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 # - 89KS061371

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40990

Print Date: 4/27/2025

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: 39.0669785

Std. Longitude: -96.5911407

Datum: WGS84

Township: 11 S

Range: 8 E

Section: 30

PLSS Details: 2300 ft. south and 1300 ft. east of the northwest corner

Map Unit: Be—BENFIELD-FLORENCE COMPLEX, 5 TO 30 PERCENT SLOPES4530—Benfield-Florence complex, 5 to 30 percent slopes

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: W. Wehmueller

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Udertic Argiustolls

Pedon Type: TUD pedon

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Benfield

Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Udertic Argiustolls

PSC - 25 to 76 cm.

Classificaton Date - 7/25/1989

Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition

Moisture Class - ustic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: clayey pedisediment over clayey residuum weathered from calcareous shale

Landscape: hills

Landform: hillside

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: convex

Runoff: high

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 7/25/1989 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 9

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland

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 lithologic discontinuity paralithic contact	0—51 25—97 87— 97—	—51— —72— —- —-

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
20	—	—	421	—	181	820	—	181	11.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; silty clay loam; strong medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout; 3 percent by volume angular 75-100-250 millimeter chert fragments and 5 percent by volume angular 5-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2473

A2—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silty clay loam; strong medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout; 12 percent by volume angular 5-40-75 millimeter chert fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2474

Bt1—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist; gravelly silty clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct clay films on rock fragments; 20 percent by volume angular 5-40-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2475. continuous - phpvsfiid 22914; continuous - phpvsfiid 22915; continuous - phpvsfiid 22914; continuous - phpvsfiid 22915

Bt2—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) and reddish brown (5YR 5/3) crushed, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) and reddish brown (5YR 4/3) crushed, moist; silty clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 18 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume angular 75-100-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 10 percent by volume angular 5-40-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2476. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 22916; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 22916

Bt3—76 to 87 centimeters (29.9 to 34.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) and reddish brown (5YR 5/3) crushed, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) and reddish brown (5YR 4/3) crushed, moist; silty clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 5 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent by volume angular 5-40-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2477. patchy - phpvsfiid 22917; patchy - phpvsfiid 22917

2Btk—87 to 97 centimeters (34.3 to 38.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2), olive gray (5Y 4/2), moist; silty clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 18 percent prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent fine spherical carbonate nodules; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2478. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 22918; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 22918

2Cr—97 to 142 centimeters (38.2 to 55.9 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS2479. Olive gray, calcareous shale.