IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kimo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 94KS087116s
  • User Pedon ID: 94KS087116s
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 94KS087116s
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41038
  • 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: 39.0333328
  • Std. Longitude: -95.3333359
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12 S
  • Range: 19 E
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 1700 feet south and 1400 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: Sampled for KSU LAB
  • Map Unit: Ki—KIMO SILTY CLAY LOAM, 0 TO 1 PERCENT SLOPES, OCCASIONALLY FLOODED
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS087—Jefferson
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS087—Jefferson County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Evans
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey over loamy, smectitic, mesic Fluvaquentic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kimo
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey over loamy, smectitic, mesic Fluvaquentic Hapludolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/15/1994
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey alluvium over loamy alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods
  • Geology: Holliday Terrace Complex formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/15/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 42
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    0—61

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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

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    A1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; 8 percent sand; 61 percent silt; 31 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1543
    A2—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silty clay; 5 percent sand; 54 percent silt; 41 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1544
    A3—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay; 1 percent sand; 44 percent silt; 56 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1545
    AC—61 to 97 centimeters (24.0 to 38.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; 12 percent sand; 72 percent silt; 16 percent clay; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1546
    2C1—97 to 117 centimeters (38.2 to 46.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; 27 percent sand; 63 percent silt; 11 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS1547
    2C2—117 to 130 centimeters (46.1 to 51.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) loamy sand; 86 percent sand; 12 percent silt; 2 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS1548
    2C3—130 to 165 centimeters (51.2 to 65.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sandy loam; 65 percent sand; 29 percent silt; 6 percent clay; massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS1549
    2C4—165 to 178 centimeters (65.0 to 70.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; 41 percent sand; 51 percent silt; 8 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS1550