IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muscotah
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 94KS087211
  • User Pedon ID: 94KS087211
  • User Site Association ID: MLRA106 - 94KS087211-95KS043060Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - 10694KS087-7160-027
  • Transect Stop Number - 1
  • Transect Interval - 30.5
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 94KS087211
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41040
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 39.0681534
  • Std. Longitude: -95.3042679
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11 S
  • Range: 19 E
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 2600 feet south and 1800 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Map Unit: 7160—Muscotah silty clay loam, very rarely flooded
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS087—Jefferson
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS087—Jefferson County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39095-A3—Williamstown, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Evans
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Cumulic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muscotah
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Cumulic Hapludolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/23/1994
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: very rare flooding
  • Geology: Newman Terrace formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/23/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 43
  • 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—71

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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

    0.5

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    256

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS1551
    A—18 to 51 centimeters (7.1 to 20.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS1552
    Bg1—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS1553
    Bg2—71 to 99 centimeters (28.0 to 39.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS1554
    Bg3—99 to 127 centimeters (39.0 to 50.0 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) silty clay; 20 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) coarse faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS1555
    Bg4—127 to 178 centimeters (50.0 to 70.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS1556