IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clime
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 91KS161992
  • User Pedon ID: 91KS161992
  • User Site Association ID: Konza Prairie Research Natural Area (KPRNA)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P1023
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64060
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 39.0822456
  • Std. Longitude: -96.5823135
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 709122 m E, 4328686 m N UTM grid zone 14. 4000 ft. E and 1400 ft. S of the NW corner section 19 T11S, R8E.
  • 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: Finnell, P., W.D. Nettleton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy-skeletal, mixed Pachic Calciustolls
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clime
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy-skeletal, mixed Pachic Calciustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/5/1991
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey residuum weathered from calcareous shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 2.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/5/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    20

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    380

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    270

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; very gravelly silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. 5% by volume limestone and chert fragments 20 - 75 mm in diameter
    A2—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; gravelly silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. 15 % by volume limestone and chert fragments, 5 % 20 - 75 mm, 10% less than 20 mm
    A3—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; flaggy silty clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. 25% by volume limestone and chert fragments, 10% 20 - 75 mm, 15% greater then 75 mm
    2A4—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; very flaggy silty clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. 50% by volume limestone fragments, 30% 20-75 mm, 10% 75-250 mm, 10% greater than 250mm
    2Bk1—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist; very flaggy silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. 50% by volume limestone fragments, 20% 20-75mm, 20% 75-250mm, 10% greater than 250mm, carbonate pendants on underside of flagstones
    2Bk2—71 to 109 centimeters (28.0 to 42.9 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), moist; very flaggy silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. 50% by volume limestone fragments, 20% 20-75mm, 20% 75-250mm, 10% greater than 250mm, carbonate pendants on underside of flagstones
    3Bk3—109 to 155 centimeters (42.9 to 61.0 inches);, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 15 percent coarse and very coarse irregular carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n.