IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kahola
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 91KS061001ksu
  • User Pedon ID: 91KS061001ksu
  • User Site Association ID: KS061 Geary County Type LocationsKansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 91KS061001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 40996
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 39.2191811
  • Std. Longitude: -96.9176254
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 10S
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 400 ft. S and 2200 ft. E of the NW corner
  • Location Description: 400 feet south and 2200 feet east of the northwest corner of section 6 T. 10 S., R. 5 E.
  • Map Unit: Kb—KAHOLA SILT LOAM, OCCASIONALLY FLOODED4151—Kahola silt loam, occasionally flooded
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS061—Geary
  • MLRA: 76—Bluestem Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS061—Geary County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39096-B8—Milford, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Wehmueller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Hapludolls
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kahola
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Hapludolls
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/22/1991
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landscape: alluvial plain
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/22/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 1
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    0—112

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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

    0

    —

    —

    354

    —

    820

    —

    181

    11.8

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2773
    A1—15 to 46 centimeters (5.9 to 18.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2774
    A2—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout; ; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2775
    A3—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2776
    AC—91 to 112 centimeters (35.8 to 44.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2777
    C1—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; silt loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2778
    C2—152 to 188 centimeters (59.8 to 74.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; silt loam; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS2779
    C3—188 to 244 centimeters (74.0 to 96.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; loam; 25 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine and coarse distinct mottles; massive; hard when dry, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2 percent by volume well rounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # KSUSS2780