IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bucyrus
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 93KS121475
  • User Pedon ID: 93KS121475
  • User Site Association ID: MLRA 112 Bucyrus Newtonia projectKansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 93KS121475
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41021
  • Print Date: 1/29/2025

    • 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: 38.6494446
  • Std. Longitude: -94.9541702
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 16 S
  • Range: 22 E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet south and 2100 fet west of the northeast corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS121—Miami
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS121—Miami County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38095-F1—Wellsville, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Evans
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Vertic Paleudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bucyrus
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, thermic Vertic Paleudolls
  • PSC - 53 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/10/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey residuum weathered from limestone and shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/10/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 13
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—53

    53—147

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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

    4

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    299

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    180

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    A1—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0668
    A2—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0669
    BA—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0670
    2Bt1—53 to 86 centimeters (20.9 to 33.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct brown (7.5YR 4/2) clay films throughout and distinct manganese or iron-manganese stains throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0671. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 26176; continuous - phpvsfiid 26175; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 26176; continuous - phpvsfiid 26175
    2Bt2—86 to 114 centimeters (33.9 to 44.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films throughout and faint manganese or iron-manganese stains throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0672. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 26178; continuous - phpvsfiid 26177; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 26178; continuous - phpvsfiid 26177
    2Bt3—114 to 147 centimeters (44.9 to 57.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films throughout and faint manganese or iron-manganese stains throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0673. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 26180; continuous - phpvsfiid 26179; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 26180; continuous - phpvsfiid 26179
    2BC—147 to 165 centimeters (57.9 to 65.0 inches); 40 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3) and 40 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and 20 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films throughout and faint manganese or iron-manganese stains throughout; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS0674. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 26182; continuous - phpvsfiid 26181; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 26182; continuous - phpvsfiid 26181