IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Gymer
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1994KS045001
User Pedon ID:
94KS045001
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
94P0807
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
66978
Print Date:
1/31/2025
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:
39.0394440
Std. Longitude:
-95.2286148
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
12S
Range:
20E
Section:
6
PLSS Details:
1700 feet S and 1400 feet West of the NE Corner
State:
Kansas
County:
KS045—Douglas
MLRA:
106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
KS045—Douglas County, Kansas
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
39095-A2—Midland, Kansas
PEDON
Describers Name:
C. Watts
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudolls
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
taxadjunct to the series
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from PDP 3.x
Pedon #:
1
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Gymer
Taxonomic Class -
Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudolls
PSC -
25 to 86 cm.
Classificaton Date -
9/13/1994
Moisture Class -
udic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
upland
Landform:
hillside
Geomorphic Component Hills:
side slope
Hill Slope Profile:
summit
Runoff:
medium
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
9/13/1994 (actual site observation date)
Air Photo ID:
5
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
grass/herbaceous cover
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Site Erosion Accelerated:
water erosion
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
mollic epipedon
argillic horizon
0—36
36—114
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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
2
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268
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90
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Ap1—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; 26 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1.0 medium tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06334
BA—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), dry; silty clay loam; 33 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 1.0 medium tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06335
Bt1—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine to medium tubular pores; 40 percent distinct clay films throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06336. continuous - phpvsfiid 180840; continuous - phpvsfiid 180840
Bt2—56 to 86 centimeters (22.0 to 33.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; silty clay loam; 39 percent clay; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular pores; 70 percent distinct clay films throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06337. few fine rounded manganese accumulation N 2/0; continuous - phpvsfiid 180841; continuous - phpvsfiid 180841
Bt3—86 to 114 centimeters (33.9 to 44.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6), yellowish red (5YR 5/6), dry; silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 20.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 70 percent distinct clay films throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P06338. common fine N 2/0 manganese accumulation on ped faces; continuous - phpvsfiid 180842; continuous - phpvsfiid 180842
BCt—114 to 137 centimeters (44.9 to 53.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), dry; silty clay loam; 33 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 20.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay films throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P06339. few fine N 2/0 manganese accumulation on ped faces; continuous - phpvsfiid 180843; continuous - phpvsfiid 180843
BC—137 to 163 centimeters (53.9 to 64.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6), reddish yellow (5YR 6/6), dry; silty clay loam; 31 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 20.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P06340. few fine N 2/0 manganese accumulation on peds faces; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 180844; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 180844
C—163 to 203 centimeters (64.2 to 79.9 inches); olive (5Y 5/4), pale olive (5Y 6/4), dry; silt loam; 27 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 94P06341. few fine N 2/0 manganese accumulation on ped faces