IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Labette

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1991KS161006

User Pedon ID: 91KS161006

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 91P1027

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64064

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: 39.0802765

Std. Longitude: -96.5869446

Datum: WGS84

Township: 11S

Range: 8E

Section: 19

PLSS Details: 2500 feet E and 2800 feet S of NW corner

State: Kansas

County: KS161—Riley

MLRA: 76—Bluestem Hills

PEDON

Describers Name: C. Watts, M. Ransom, and W. Wehmueller

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data

Pedon #: 6

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Labette

Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed Udic 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: summit

Slope Position: depression

Slope Shape Down: concave

Drainage Class: moderately well

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
%	m				degrees	mm	mm		C						mm
1	—	—	409	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; silt loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06642. many fine roots throughout

Btn1—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay; strong coarse columnar, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 5.5 fine roots between peds; 2.5 fine and medium vesicular and tubular pores; 37 percent faint black (10YR 2/1) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 37 percent faint black (10YR 2/1) organic stains on faces of peds and in pores and 55 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) skeletans on tops of soil columns; 11 percent fine spherical worm casts; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06643. many cracks 10 mm wide about 5 cm apart; common fine worm casts concentrations; many skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on tops of columns; common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common organic coats surface features on faces of peds and in pores; many fine roots between peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 234401; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 234402; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 234403; continuous - phpvsfiid 234401; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 234402; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 234403

Btn2—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 5.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 2.5 fine and medium vesicular and tubular pores; 37 percent faint very dark brown (10YR 2/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 37 percent distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2) organic stains on faces of peds; 11 percent fine spherical worm casts and 1 percent fine irregular carbonate nodules; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06644. many cracks 10 mm wide about 5 cm apart; common fine worm casts concentrations; few fine carbonate nodules concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common organic coats surface features on faces of peds; many very fine and fine roots between peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 234404; continuous - phpvsfiid 234405; continuous - phpvsfiid 234404; continuous - phpvsfiid 234405

Btk1—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) interior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine roots between peds; 2.5 fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and in pores and 37 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 11 percent fine irregular carbonate nodules and 11 percent fine spherical worm casts; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06645. few cracks 10 mm wide about 5 cm apart; common fine worm casts concentrations; common fine carbonate nodules concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few organic coats surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common fine roots between peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 234407; continuous - phpvsfiid 234406; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 234407; continuous - phpvsfiid 234406

2Btk2—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 2.5 fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 15 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 37 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine spherical worm casts and 11 percent medium and coarse irregular carbonate masses; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06646. common medium and coarse soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few fine worm casts concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few organic coats surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots between peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 234408; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 234409; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 234408; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 234409

2Btk3—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 2.5 fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 37 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 11 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; 11 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate masses; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06647. common fine and medium soft masses of carbonate concentrations; common fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common fine roots between peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 227510; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 227510

3Bk—74 to 76 centimeters (29.1 to 29.9 inches);, light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist; silty clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine vesicular and tubular pores; 30 percent medium and coarse irregular carbonate masses; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06648. many medium and coarse soft masses of carbonate concentrations; few very fine roots between peds; effervescence is continuous

3R—76 to 79 centimeters (29.9 to 31.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 91P06649. Schroyer limestone member of the Wreford limestone formation