IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Wamego
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1990KS013007
User Pedon ID:
90KS013007
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
90P0635
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
62561
Print Date:
12/17/2024
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:
39.6747208
Std. Longitude:
-95.5086136
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
4S
Range:
17E
Section:
28
PLSS Details:
2500 feet S and 150 feet W of NE corner
State:
Kansas
County:
KS013—Brown
MLRA:
106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
PEDON
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudolls
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
7
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Wamego
Taxonomic Class -
Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudolls
PSC -
58 to 130 cm.
Classificaton Date -
5/1/1990
Moisture Class -
udic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
upland
Landform:
hillside or mountainside
Geomorphic Component Hills:
side slope
Hill Slope Profile:
shoulder
Slope Position:
middle third
Slope Shape Down:
linear
Drainage Class:
moderately 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 -
grass/herbaceous 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—94
58—130
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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
9
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45
89
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Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; strong medium granular structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03771. few medium roots throughout; many fine roots throughout
Ap2—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03772. few medium roots throughout; many fine roots throughout
Bt1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.5 fine roots throughout; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, black stains on faces of peds and 2 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03773. few glacial pebbles in top of Bt1 up to three inch size; shale chips (10YR 6/6); very few clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; many fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 225332; patchy - phpvsfiid 225332
Bt2—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay; 1 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct , moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03774. few clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; common fine prominent 10YR56 mottles; few fine distinct 2.5Y62 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 225333; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 225333
BC—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); 30 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and 70 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate thin platy structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 2 percent distinct , moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03775. very few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features; few fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 225334; patchy - phpvsfiid 225334
Cr1—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 30 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and 50 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2); moderate thin platy structure; 0.5 fine roots in cracks; 2 percent 2.5Y 4/0 (2.5Y 4/0), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03776. partially weathered clayey shales; very few clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; few fine roots in cracks
Cr2—84 to 150 centimeters (33.1 to 59.1 inches); 30 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) and 70 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3); 2.5Y 4/0 (2.5Y 4/0), moist, clay films; fragments. Lab sample # 90P03777. partially weathered clayey shales