IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Gymer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994KS103001
  • User Pedon ID: 94KS103001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0812
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66983
  • 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: 38.9916649
  • Std. Longitude: -95.1691666
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12S
  • Range: 20E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 2100 feet North and 600 feet West of the South East corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS103—Leavenworth
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS103—Leavenworth County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38095-H2—Lawrence East, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: S. Scheinost
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gymer
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Pachic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 86 to 139 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/13/1994
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/13/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 51
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other 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

    0—91

    109—203

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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

    6

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    265

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    270

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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; 27 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak thin platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 25.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06377
    Ap2—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; 28 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak thin platy structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06378
    A1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; 26 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 medium tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06379
    A2—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; 28 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 medium tubular and 5.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P06380
    BA—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/3), dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), dry; silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P06381
    Bt1—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 6.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 medium tubular pores; 26 percent faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P06382. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 180803; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 180803
    Bt2—109 to 140 centimeters (42.9 to 55.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 medium tubular and 15.0 fine tubular pores; 45 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P06383. few fine irregular shaped N 2/0 manganese accumulation; continuous - phpvsfiid 180804; continuous - phpvsfiid 180804
    Bt3—140 to 173 centimeters (55.1 to 68.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), reddish brown (5YR 5/4), dry; silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt coats in root channels and/or pores and 20 percent faint yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P06384. few fine 5YR 5/8 iron accumulation; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 180805; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194003; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 180805; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194003
    Bt4—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); silty clay loam; 33 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 6 percent faint yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, clay films throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 94P06385. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194004; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194004