IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Martin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994KS013004
  • User Pedon ID: 94KS013004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0418
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66639
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 39.9595000
  • Std. Longitude: -95.7865000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1 S
  • Range: 15 E
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: southwest corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS013—Brown
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS013—Brown County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Martin
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Vertic Argiudolls
  • Classificaton Date - 4/19/1994
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/19/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    5

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    307

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) exterior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior, dry; silty clay loam; weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 20.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P02696
    A1—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) exterior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior, dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P02697
    A2—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) exterior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior, dry; silty clay loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct irregular mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume angular 20-48-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P02698
    Bt1—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) exterior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior, dry; silty clay; 25 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct irregular mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint black (10YR 2/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 20 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses throughout; 1 percent by volume angular 20-48-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P02699. patchy - phpvsfiid 176240; patchy - phpvsfiid 176240
    Bt2—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; clay; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent irregular mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1) organic stains on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent medium irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented masses of oxidized iron throughout and 1 percent fine spherical masses of oxidized iron throughout and 10 percent fine and medium spherical iron-manganese masses throughout; 1 percent by volume angular 20-48-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P02700. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 176242; continuous - phpvsfiid 176241; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 176242; continuous - phpvsfiid 176241
    Btss1—74 to 104 centimeters (29.1 to 40.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior, dry; clay; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent irregular mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent prominent nonintersecting slickensides on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent prominent black stains on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 10 percent fine and medium spherical dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 15 percent fine and medium spherical iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P02701. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 176244; continuous - phpvsfiid 176243; continuous - phpvsfiid 176245; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 176244; continuous - phpvsfiid 176243; continuous - phpvsfiid 176245
    Btss2—104 to 127 centimeters (40.9 to 50.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior, dry; clay; 35 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent irregular mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 5 percent prominent nonintersecting slickensides and 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent fine and medium spherical iron-manganese masses throughout; 5 percent fine irregular carbonate nodules throughout and 2 percent medium irregular carbonate nodules throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P02702. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 176247; continuous - phpvsfiid 176246; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 176247; continuous - phpvsfiid 176246
    Btss3—127 to 145 centimeters (50.0 to 57.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) exterior, light olive gray (5Y 6/2) exterior, dry; clay; 35 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent irregular mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 10 percent prominent nonintersecting slickensides and 15 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses throughout; 1 percent medium irregular lime masses between peds; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P02703. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 176249; continuous - phpvsfiid 176248; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 176249; continuous - phpvsfiid 176248
    Cr—145 to 173 centimeters (57.1 to 68.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) exterior, light olive gray (5Y 6/2) exterior, dry; weathered bedrock; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 94P02704