IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Benfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991KS161007
  • User Pedon ID: 91KS161007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P1030
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64067
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 39.0805550
  • Std. Longitude: -96.5786133
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11S
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 4900 feet E and 2600 feet S of NW corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS161—Riley
  • MLRA: 76—Bluestem Hills

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Wehmueller and C. Watts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Benfield
  • 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: nose slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • 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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    18

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    315

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; hard, friable; 5.5 fine roots throughout; 11 percent fine spherical worm casts; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06670. common fine worm casts concentrations; many fine roots throughout
    A2—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; silty clay loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 5.5 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine spherical worm casts; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06671. few fine worm casts concentrations; many fine roots throughout
    A3—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; gravelly silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 5.5 fine roots between peds; 11 percent fine spherical worm casts; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06672. 25% by volume angular chert fragments, 10% 20-75 mm in diameter, 15% 2-20 mm; common fine worm casts concentrations; many fine roots between peds
    2Bw—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; silty clay; strong coarse prismatic, and strong coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*; 5.5 fine roots between peds; 37 percent faint very dark brown (10YR 2/2) organic stains on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06673. common vertical cracks 1 to 5 mm wide; common organic coats surface features on faces of peds; many fine roots between peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 227541; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 227541
    2Bss—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) interior and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) exterior, moist; silty clay; strong coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*; 5.5 fine roots between peds; 37 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on faces of peds and 37 percent slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine spherical carbonate nodules; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06674. few fine carbonate nodules concentrations; common organic coats surface features on faces of peds; common intersecting slickensides surface features; many fine roots between peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 227542; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 227542
    3Btss—79 to 97 centimeters (31.1 to 38.2 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) interior and dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) exterior, moist; silty clay; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*; 2.5 fine roots between peds; 15 percent faint very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 37 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 37 percent , moist, slickensides (pedogenic); 11 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06675. common fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few organic coats surface features on faces of peds; common intersecting slickensides surface features; common fine roots between peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 227544; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 234410; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 227544; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 234410
    3Btk—97 to 112 centimeters (38.2 to 44.1 inches);, 20 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06676. 60% white (10YR 8/2) dry, violently effervescent earthy material from highly weathered limestone with common dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) clay films; 20% limestone fragments 75-250 mm, 10% limestone fragments 20-75 mm in diameter
    3Crk1—112 to 135 centimeters (44.1 to 53.1 inches); silty clay loam; 0.5 very fine roots in cracks; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06677. weathered calcareous olive shale with many coarse and very coarse soft masses of carbonate; few very fine roots in cracks
    3Crk2—135 to 180 centimeters (53.1 to 70.9 inches); silty clay loam; fragments. Lab sample # 91P06678. weathered calcareous olive shale with common coarse soft masses of carbonate
    3Crk3—180 to 191 centimeters (70.9 to 75.2 inches); platy structure; fragments. Lab sample # 91P06679. weathered calcareous olive shale with common medium and coarse soft masses of carbonate, less than horizon above