IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bismarckgrove
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 94KS087142s
  • User Pedon ID: 94KS087142s
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 94KS087142s
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41039
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 39.0752831
  • Std. Longitude: -95.5756912
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11 S
  • Range: 17 E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 1320 feet north and 300 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: sampled for ksu lab
  • Map Unit: 7107—Bismarckgrove-Kimo complex, rarely 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: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Fluventic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bismarckgrove
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Fluventic Hapludolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/11/1994
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: rare flooding for brief periods
  • Geology: Holliday Terrace Complex formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/11/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 36
  • 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

    cambic horizon

    0—84

    74—84

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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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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1518
    A1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1519
    A2—30 to 74 centimeters (11.8 to 29.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1520
    Bw—74 to 84 centimeters (29.1 to 33.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1521
    2C1—84 to 97 centimeters (33.1 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) very fine sandy loam; massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1522
    2C2—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loamy fine sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS1523