IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Reading
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 89KS061545
  • User Pedon ID: 89KS061545
  • User Site Association ID: Geary County, ReadingKansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 89KS061-13C
  • Transect Stop Number - 1
  • Transect Interval - 100.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 89KS061545
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40991
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 13S
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet south and 2400 feet east of the northwest corner of
  • Map Unit: Re—READING SILTY CLAY LOAM, 0 TO 2 PERCENT SLOPES7173—Reading silty clay loam, rarely flooded
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS061—Geary
  • MLRA: 76—Bluestem Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS061—Geary County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38096-H6—White City NW, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. Campbell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • 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 - Reading
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • PSC - 46 to 96 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/4/1989
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty alluvium
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: rare flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/4/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 23
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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—76

    46—112

    —76—

    —66—
    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

    —

    —

    393

    —

    270

    820

    —

    181

    11.8

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 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; 1.0 very coarse roots throughout and 6.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2449. texture less 35%
    B1—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm; 3.0 fine and medium roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2450. Some ped faces have 10yr 3/2 stains
    Bt1—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm; 2.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2451
    Bt2—76 to 112 centimeters (29.9 to 44.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2452
    BC—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; massive; hard when dry, firm; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2453
    C—152 to 213 centimeters (59.8 to 83.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; massive; slightly hard, firm; 3 percent fine spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # KSUSS2454