IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Labette
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991KS061001
  • User Pedon ID: 91KS061001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P1028
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64065
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 39.0711098
  • Std. Longitude: -96.5833359
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 3500 feet E and 800 feet S of NW corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS061—Geary
  • MLRA: 76—Bluestem Hills

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Wehmueller, C. Watts, and M. Ransom
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Labette
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed Udertic Argiustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • 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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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, moist; silt loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; 11 percent fine spherical worm casts; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06650. common fine worm casts concentrations; many fine roots throughout
    A2—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; 11 percent fine spherical worm casts; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06651. 7% by volume angular chert fragments, 6% less than 20 mm, 1% 20-75 mm diameter; common fine worm casts concentrations; many fine roots throughout
    2Bt1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) interior, dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 5.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 tubular pores; 15 percent faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) clay films on rock fragments; 11 percent fine spherical worm casts; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06652. 10% by volume angular chert fragments most less than 20 mm diameter; common fine worm casts concentrations; few clay films surface features on rock fragments; many fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 227511; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 227511
    2Bt2—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 5.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 15 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) clay films on rock fragments and 37 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 11 percent fine spherical worm casts; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06653. 13% by volume angular chert fragments, 8% less than 20 mm, 5% 20-75 mm diameter; common fine worm casts concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few clay films surface features on rock fragments; many fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 227512; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 227513; continuous - phpvsfiid 227512; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 227513
    3Bt3—36 to 66 centimeters (14.2 to 26.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist; extremely gravelly silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 5.5 fine roots around fragments; 55 percent faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 55 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) clay films on rock fragments; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06654. 70% by volume angular chert fragments, 30% 20-75 mm, 40% 2-20 mm diameter; field weights 39 lbs total, 20-75 mm 26 lbs, less than 20 mm 13 lbs; many clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; many clay films surface features on rock fragments; many fine roots matted around stones; continuous - phpvsfiid 227514; continuous - phpvsfiid 227515; continuous - phpvsfiid 227514; continuous - phpvsfiid 227515
    3Bt4—66 to 79 centimeters (26.0 to 31.1 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) exterior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*; 2.5 fine roots between peds; 37 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 55 percent faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06655. 9% by volume angular chert fragments, 8% 2-20 mm, 1% 20-75 mm diameter; many clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common fine roots between peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 227517; continuous - phpvsfiid 227516; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 227517; continuous - phpvsfiid 227516
    3Bt5—79 to 89 centimeters (31.1 to 35.0 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) exterior, moist; cobbly silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 37 percent faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 37 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on rock fragments; 11 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06656. common medium and coarse soft masses of carbonate between peds and limestone fragments that appear to be a weathering rind; 30% by volume subrounded limestone fragments 75-250 mm in diameter; common fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common clay films surface features on rock fragments; few fine roots between peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 227518; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 227519; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 227518; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 227519
    3R—89 to 94 centimeters (35.0 to 37.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 91P06657. Florence limestone member, Barneston limestone formation