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: 11/12/2024

    • 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