IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muscotah
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990KS013008
  • User Pedon ID: 90KS013008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0636
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62562
  • 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: 39.6966667
  • Std. Longitude: -95.6583328
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS013—Brown
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Cumulic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Muscotah
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wabash
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Microrelief Elevation: 1
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    Ap1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) crushed silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03778. common fine roots throughout
    Ap2—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) crushed silty clay loam; weak thick platy, and moderate medium granular structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03779. common fine roots throughout
    Ap3—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) crushed silty clay loam; strong medium blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03780. few very fine roots between peds
    A1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03781. few very fine roots throughout
    A2—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03782. few very fine roots throughout; few fine prominent 10YR56 mottles
    Bw1—58 to 71 centimeters (22.8 to 28.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03783. few very fine roots throughout; few fine prominent 10YR56 mottles
    Bw2—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03784. few very fine roots throughout; common fine prominent 10YR56 mottles
    Bw3—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03785. common fine distinct 10YR44 mottles
    Bw4—109 to 135 centimeters (42.9 to 53.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay; 1 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine and 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; , moist, nonintersecting slickensides; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03786. few pockets of (10YR 4/2) up to 3cm in size (Kroptovina); few fine 10YR32 mottles; few fine 10YR44 mottles
    Bw5—135 to 155 centimeters (53.1 to 61.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay; 11 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; , moist, nonintersecting slickensides; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03787. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common fine faint 10YR32 mottles
    Bg1—155 to 178 centimeters (61.0 to 70.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay; 11 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03788. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common medium distinct 2.5Y42 mottles
    Bg2—178 to 180 centimeters (70.1 to 70.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) silty clay; 11 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments. Lab sample # 90P03789. free water at 195cm; few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common fine prominent 2.5Y44 mottles