IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Benfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 91KS161077
  • User Pedon ID: 91KS161077
  • User Site Association ID: Konza Prairie Research Natural Area (KPRNA)91KS161-Konza Prairie Sampled PedonsKansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 91KS161077
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41004
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 39.0808296
  • Std. Longitude: -96.5810242
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 709238 m E, 4328532 m N UTM grid zone 14
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS161—Riley
  • MLRA: 76—Bluestem Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS161—Riley County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39096-A5—Swede Creek, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Wehmueller
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Benfield
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/3/1991
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from calcareous shale and/or colluvium derived from limestone and shale
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/3/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 2
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    cambic horizon

    calcic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—46

    25—74

    71—282

    112—117

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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

    12

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    401

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    246

    0

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    A—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; strong medium granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR0143
    Bw1—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) cobbly silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume angular unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUR0144
    2Bw2—46 to 74 centimeters (18.1 to 29.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) silty clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR0145
    2Bk—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUR0146
    2Ck—97 to 112 centimeters (38.2 to 44.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) silty clay loam; massive; firm; 10 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate masses and 5 percent fine and medium spherical carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # KSUR0147. a mix of weathered calcareous shale and calcareous soil material, bottom is mostly shale
    2Cr—112 to 117 centimeters (44.1 to 46.1 inches); fragments. olive green, calcareous shale ( Havensville shale)