IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Crete
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 90KS061004
  • User Pedon ID: 90KS061004
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 90KS061004
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40994
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 39.0778084
  • Std. Longitude: -96.9397583
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet east and 1400 feet north of the souwest corner
  • Location Description: 1200 ft. east and 1400 feet north of the SW corner of section 24 T. 11 S., R. 4 E.
  • Map Unit: Cs—CRETE SILTY CLAY LOAM, 1 TO 4 PERCENT SLOPES
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS061—Geary
  • MLRA: 75—Central Loess Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS061—Geary County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Wehmueller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Crete
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 5/7/1990
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess derived from mixed and/or residuum weathered from calcareous shale
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/7/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 6
  • 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—53

    36—107

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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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    358

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    355

    820

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    181

    11.8

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 10.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2950
    AB—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2951
    Bt1—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 6.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2) organic stains on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2952. continuous - phpvsfiid 22704; continuous - phpvsfiid 22705; continuous - phpvsfiid 22704; continuous - phpvsfiid 22705
    Bt2—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2) organic stains on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2953. patchy - phpvsfiid 22706; continuous - phpvsfiid 22707; patchy - phpvsfiid 22706; continuous - phpvsfiid 22707
    Btk—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 20 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2954. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 22708; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 22708
    BC—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); 40 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 60 percent brown (10YR 5/3), 40 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 60 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2955
    2Btb1—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; 10 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm; iron-manganese concretions; 4 percent fine threadlike ; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2956
    2Btb2—183 to 244 centimeters (72.0 to 96.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; 5 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS2957
    2Btb3—244 to 279 centimeters (96.1 to 109.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 2 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2958
    2Cr—279 to 292 centimeters (109.8 to 115.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS2959. white silty clay shale, slightly calcareous