IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Oska
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1994KS045003
User Pedon ID:
94KS045003
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
94P0809
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
66980
Print Date:
11/21/2024
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:
38.8944435
Std. Longitude:
-95.3436127
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
13S
Range:
19E
Section:
30
PLSS Details:
700 feet South and 2500 feet East of the North West 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:
38095-H3—Lawrence West, Kansas
PEDON
Describers Name:
M. Sucik
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
not classified to current taxon name
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from PDP 3.x
Pedon #:
3
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Oska
Taxonomic Class -
Fine, montmorillonitic Vertic Paleudolls
PSC -
30 to 81 cm.
Classificaton Date -
9/14/1994
Moisture Class -
udic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
2
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
upland
Landform:
hillside
Geomorphic Component Hills:
interfluve
Hill Slope Profile:
summit
Slope Shape Across:
concave
Slope Shape Down:
concave
Runoff:
medium
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
9/14/1994 (actual site observation date)
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
slickensides
0—61
30—102
61—102
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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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Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 35.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06352
A—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 25.0 fine and medium roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06353
Bt1—31 to 51 centimeters (12.2 to 20.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), dry; silty clay; 45 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 20.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 65 percent faint clay films throughout; 1 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06354. continuous - phpvsfiid 180827; continuous - phpvsfiid 180827
Bt2—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), dry; silty clay; 45 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 15.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 65 percent faint clay films throughout; 1 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P06355. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 180828; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 180828
Btss1—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3), brown (7.5YR 5/3), dry; silty clay; 50 percent clay; strong medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 8.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds and 35 percent faint clay films throughout; 1 percent fine spherical noncoherent cemented black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses throughout; 3 percent by volume rounded 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P06356. continuous - phpvsfiid 180829; continuous - phpvsfiid 180830; continuous - phpvsfiid 180829; continuous - phpvsfiid 180830
Btss2—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), reddish brown (5YR 4/4), dry; silty clay; 50 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 10.0 fine roots throughout; 8.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1) organic stains on faces of peds and 10 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds and 35 percent faint clay films throughout; 1 percent fine spherical noncoherent cemented black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses throughout; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P06357. base of horizon soft limestone fragments; continuous - phpvsfiid 180831; continuous - phpvsfiid 180832; continuous - phpvsfiid 180833; continuous - phpvsfiid 180831; continuous - phpvsfiid 180832; continuous - phpvsfiid 180833
BC—102 to 135 centimeters (40.2 to 53.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; silty clay; 50 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; 4 percent fine spherical black (N 2/0) iron-manganese masses throughout; 3 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 94P06358. Hard limestone
R—135 to 135 centimeters (53.1 to 53.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 94P06359