IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marshall
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990KS013002
  • User Pedon ID: 90KS013002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0630
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62556
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 39.9288902
  • Std. Longitude: -95.3730545
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet S and 1200 feet E of NW corner
  • Location Description: Brown County, KS
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS013—Brown
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jim Fortner, Cecil Palmer, Ken Bowell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Marshall
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • 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: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1990 (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

    cambic horizon

    0—48

    33—81

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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

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    329

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    315

    89

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    Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03728. common fine roots throughout
    Ap2—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03729. common fine roots throughout
    Ap3—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; moderate medium platy, and strong fine blocky structure; hard, firm; 5.5 fine roots between peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03730. many fine roots between peds
    BA—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, brown (10YR 4/3), dry; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03731. few medium roots throughout; common fine roots throughout
    Bw1—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03732. few fine roots throughout
    Bw2—48 to 81 centimeters (18.9 to 31.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03733. very few clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 225322; patchy - phpvsfiid 225322
    BC—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine and medium prominent mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03734. few fine and medium roots throughout; few fine and medium prominent 2.5Y52 mottles
    C1—109 to 137 centimeters (42.9 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; 11 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent prominent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 90P03735. few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features; few fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout; common medium 10YR56 mottles; common medium 2.5Y52 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 225323; patchy - phpvsfiid 225323
    C2—137 to 170 centimeters (53.9 to 66.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and 11 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine pores; 37 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 90P03736. common manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features; few fine roots; common fine 10YR56 mottles; common fine 2.5Y52 mottles
    C3—170 to 206 centimeters (66.9 to 81.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and 11 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine pores; 15 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains and 37 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 90P03737. clay films on vertical prism faces; few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; common fine 10YR56 mottles; common fine 2.5Y52 mottles
    C4—206 to 241 centimeters (81.1 to 94.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; silt loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and 11 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 5.5 fine pores; 15 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments. Lab sample # 90P03738. few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features; few fine roots; common fine 10YR56 mottles; common fine 2.5Y52 mottles