IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Benfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991KS161008
  • User Pedon ID: 91KS161008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P1031
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64068
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 39.0805550
  • 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 #: 8
  • 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
  • Drainage Class: 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

    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 # 91P06680. common fine worm casts concentrations; many fine roots throughout
    A2—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 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 # 91P06681. few fine worm casts concentrations; many fine roots throughout
    A3—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 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 # 91P06682. 25% by volume angular chert fragments, 10% 20-75 mm, 15% 2-20 mm in diameter; common fine worm casts concentrations; many fine roots between peds
    2Bw—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; silty clay; strong coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*; 2.5 fine roots between peds; 37 percent faint very dark brown (10YR 2/2) organic stains on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06683. common vertical cracks 1 to 5 mm wide; common organic coats surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots between peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 234412; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 234412
    2Bss—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches);, dark olive brown (2.5Y 3/3) interior and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 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 distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 37 percent , moist, slickensides (pedogenic); 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P06684. common organic coats surface features on faces of peds; common intersecting slickensides surface features; many fine roots between peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 234413; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 234413
    2Bk—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) interior and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 15 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) organic stains on vertical faces of peds; 11 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06685. common fine and medium carbonate nodules concentrations; few organic coats surface features on vertical faces of peds; effervescence is continuous; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 234415; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 234415
    3Btk—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches);, 20 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P06686. 60% white (10YR 8/2); violently effervescent earthy material from highly weathered limestone with common dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) clay films; 20% limestone fragments 75-250 mm in diameter
    3R—107 to 109 centimeters (42.1 to 42.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 91P06687. limestone; 70 cm from pedon to edge of limestone, limestone is about 40 cm thick and has shale beneath; few fractures less than 20 mm wide and greater than 70 cm apart filled with shaly material and have coarse tap roots in them