IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Benfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 89KS161043
  • User Pedon ID: 89KS161043
  • User Site Association ID: Fort Riley LCTA
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0078
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62011
  • 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: 39.1978079
  • Std. Longitude: -96.6975302
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10 S
  • Range: 7 E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 2000 feet south and 2300 feet west of the northeast corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS161—Riley
  • MLRA: 76—Bluestem Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS161—Riley County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39096-B6—Keats, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Fortner, J., Watts, C., Wehmueller, W.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Udic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Benfield
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Udic Argiustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/1989
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey residuum weathered from calcareous shale
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/2/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 25
  • 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—48

    25—89

    —48—

    —64—
    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

    28

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    —

    384

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    120

    0

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; silty clay loam; strong fine and medium granular structure; hard when dry, firm; 10.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 10 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; gradual smooth boundary. 90P0525
    BA—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist; gravelly silty clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 10.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 25 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear wavy boundary. 90P0526
    2Bt1—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. 90P0527; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 22857; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 22857
    2Bt2—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); 25 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) and 75 percent brown (7.5YR 5/2), 25 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) and 75 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 1.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; clear irregular boundary. 90P0528; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 22858; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 22858
    2Btk—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); pinkish gray (5YR 6/2), reddish gray (5YR 5/2), moist; clay; 10 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/3) medium faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent medium spherical carbonate masses and 10 percent medium and coarse spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. 90P0529
    2C1—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches);, 15 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) and 15 percent weak red (2.5YR 4/2) and 70 percent reddish gray (5YR 5/2), moist; clay; 10 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4) medium distinct mottles; weak thin platy, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 10 percent medium spherical carbonate masses; fragments; clear wavy boundary. 90P0530; the platy structure is related to the shale rock structure and in places is vertical
    2C2—114 to 145 centimeters (44.9 to 57.1 inches);, 40 percent weak red (2.5YR 5/2) and 60 percent pinkish gray (5YR 6/2), moist; silty clay; 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak thin platy, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 30 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 5/3) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent medium spherical carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. 90P0531; highly weathered shale with a limestone layer that is about 3 cm. thick and is highly fractured; continuous - phpvsfiid 21505; continuous - phpvsfiid 21505
    2—145 to 150 centimeters (57.1 to 59.1 inches);, reddish brown (5YR 5/3) and light reddish brown (5YR 6/4), moist; fragments. 90P0532; clayey shale