IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Keith
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989KS081018
  • User Pedon ID: 89KS081018
  • User Site Association ID: mlra72-benchmark lab pedonsmlra72-Keith lab
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0740
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61840
  • 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: 37.4249992
  • Std. Longitude: -101.0355530
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30S
  • Range: 34W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 2480 feet S and 300 feet W of the NE corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS081—Haskell
  • MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C.E. Watts
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 18
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Keith
  • PSC - 15 to 51 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Richfield
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Aridic Argiustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 1
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—36

    15—51

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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

    2

    —

    —

    901

    —

    0

    46

    —

    —

    13

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    14

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04233. many very fine and fine roots throughout
    Bt1—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 37 percent faint very dark brown (10YR 2/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04234. common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common very fine and fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 233137; patchy - phpvsfiid 233137
    Bt2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; 37 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04235. common clay films surface features; many fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 233138; patchy - phpvsfiid 233138
    Bck—51 to 89 centimeters (20.1 to 35.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots between peds; 2.5 medium tubular pores; 11 percent fine irregular carbonate concretions and 11 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04236. common fine carbonate concretions concentrations; common fine and medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common fine roots between peds; effervescence is continuous
    BC—89 to 117 centimeters (35.0 to 46.1 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 very fine roots between peds; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine irregular carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04237. common fine carbonate concretions concentrations; common very fine roots between peds; effervescence is continuous
    2Cb—117 to 163 centimeters (46.1 to 64.2 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist; clay loam; moderate medium granular, and weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 very fine roots between peds; 5.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04238. common very fine roots between peds; effervescence is continuous
    3Bkb—163 to 201 centimeters (64.2 to 79.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 11 percent fine irregular carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04239. common fine carbonate threads concentrations; many very fine and fine roots between peds; effervescence is continuous
    3C1b—201 to 224 centimeters (79.1 to 88.2 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; clay loam; fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) coats on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04240. few coats surface features on faces of peds and in pores; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 233139; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 233139
    4C2b—224 to 236 centimeters (88.2 to 92.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04241. common very fine and fine roots between peds; effervescence is continuous
    4C3b—236 to 351 centimeters (92.9 to 138.2 inches); pink (7.5YR 7/4), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), moist; loamy fine sand; slightly hard, very friable; 11 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04242. common fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations
    5C4b—351 to 396 centimeters (138.2 to 155.9 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), moist; very fine sand; hard, very friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04243. few thin strata of coarser sand 1mm in size; effervescence is continuous
    6Bwb—396 to 437 centimeters (155.9 to 172.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; tubular pores; 11 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04244. common fine and medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations; effervescence is continuous
    6C1b—437 to 470 centimeters (172.0 to 185.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), moist; fine sandy loam; slightly hard, very friable; 2.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04245
    6C2b—470 to 536 centimeters (185.0 to 211.0 inches); reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), moist; very fine sandy loam; 1 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) coarse faint mottles; slightly hard, very friable; 11 percent fine cylindrical carbonate nodules; fragments. Lab sample # 89P04246. few fine strata of coarse material 1-3cm and fine material 1/2-3cm in size; common fine carbonate nodules concentrations; few coarse faint 7.5YR66 mottles
    6C3b—536 to 577 centimeters (211.0 to 227.2 inches); yellow (10YR 7/6), brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist; fine sandy loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint mottles; hard, very friable; 11 percent fine irregular carbonate threads and 11 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P04247. common fine carbonate threads concentrations; common fine soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few medium faint 10YR56 mottles; effervescence is continuous