IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gymer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994KS045002
  • User Pedon ID: 94KS045002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0808
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66979
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 39.0380554
  • Std. Longitude: -95.2286148
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12S
  • Range: 20E
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 2200 feet S and 1400 feet west of the North East 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: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gymer
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 36 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: shoulder
  • 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—157

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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

    7

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    265

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    90

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    Ap1—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; 24 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 35.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 1.0 medium tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06342
    Ap2—12 to 23 centimeters (4.7 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 15.0 fine and medium roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P06343
    A—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; 29 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06344
    BA—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silty clay loam; 31 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06345
    Bt1—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 medium roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 23 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06346. continuous - phpvsfiid 180834; continuous - phpvsfiid 180834
    Bt2—81 to 119 centimeters (31.9 to 46.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 3.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 1 percent distinct light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist, silt coats throughout and 30 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films throughout; 1 percent medium threadlike noncoherent cemented black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses between peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06347. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 180836; continuous - phpvsfiid 180835; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 180836; continuous - phpvsfiid 180835
    Bt3—119 to 157 centimeters (46.9 to 61.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent distinct light brown (7.5YR 6/4) silt coats throughout and 15 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium threadlike noncoherent cemented black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses between peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06348. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 180837; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 180838; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 180837; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 180838
    BC—157 to 178 centimeters (61.8 to 70.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; silty clay loam; 33 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent distinct light brown (7.5YR 6/4), moist, silt coats throughout; 1 percent medium threadlike noncoherent cemented black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses between peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06349. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 180839; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 180839
    C1—178 to 213 centimeters (70.1 to 83.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), dry; silt loam; 28 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine threadlike noncoherent cemented black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses between peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06350
    C2—213 to 239 centimeters (83.9 to 94.1 inches); olive (5Y 5/4), pale olive (5Y 6/4), dry; silt loam; 26 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 94P06351. few fine N 2/0 manganese accumulation on ped faces