IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Richfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991KS069005
  • User Pedon ID: 91KS069005
  • User Site Association ID: mlra72-benchmark lab pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0806
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63844
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 37.6483345
  • Std. Longitude: -100.6072235
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28S
  • Range: 30W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, 2500 feet E, 1000 feet S of NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Copeland, NE; KS - MS6S Quadrangle
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS069—Gray
  • MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, smectitic, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Richfield
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Richfield
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Typic Argiustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1991
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1991 (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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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; 2.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04770. common fine roots throughout
    Bt1—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04771. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 227063; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 227063
    Bt2—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04772. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 227064; continuous - phpvsfiid 227064
    Bt3—48 to 58 centimeters (18.9 to 22.8 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04773. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 227065; continuous - phpvsfiid 227065
    Bt4—58 to 89 centimeters (22.8 to 35.0 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 91P04774. few fine carbonate threads concentrations
    Bt5—89 to 109 centimeters (35.0 to 42.9 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 91P04775
    C—109 to 127 centimeters (42.9 to 50.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; 11 percent fine irregular carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04776. common fine carbonate threads concentrations
    2Btkb—127 to 157 centimeters (50.0 to 61.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay; 11 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04777. common fine and medium carbonate concretions concentrations
    2Btb1—157 to 178 centimeters (61.8 to 70.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate threads; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04778. few fine carbonate threads concentrations
    2Btb2—178 to 208 centimeters (70.1 to 81.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 15 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04779. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 227066; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 227066
    2C—208 to 229 centimeters (81.9 to 90.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine angular blocky structure; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04780. few fine carbonate threads concentrations
    3C1—229 to 264 centimeters (90.2 to 103.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; 11 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate threads; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04781. common fine and medium carbonate threads concentrations
    3C2—264 to 290 centimeters (103.9 to 114.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; 11 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04782. common fine and medium carbonate threads concentrations
    3C31—290 to 371 centimeters (114.2 to 146.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; massive; 11 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04783. common fine and medium carbonate threads concentrations
    3C32—312 to 371 centimeters (122.8 to 146.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; massive; 11 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P04784. common fine and medium carbonate threads concentrations