IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Arisburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 94KS121013
  • User Pedon ID: 94KS121013
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 94KS121013
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41049
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 15 S
  • Range: 23 E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet north and 1000 feet east of the southwest corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS121—Miami
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS121—Miami County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Evans, R. Plinsky
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Aquertic Argiudolls
  • 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 - Arisburg
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, thermic Aquertic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/21/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/21/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 4
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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

    argillic horizon

    0—58

    30—165

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    —135—
    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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    270

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    A1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0698
    A2—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0699
    Bt1—30 to 58 centimeters (11.8 to 22.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silty clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0700. continuous - phpvsfiid 23499; continuous - phpvsfiid 23499
    Bt2—58 to 117 centimeters (22.8 to 46.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0701. continuous - phpvsfiid 23500; continuous - phpvsfiid 23500
    Bt3—117 to 165 centimeters (46.1 to 65.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; distinct clay films throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0702. continuous - phpvsfiid 23501; continuous - phpvsfiid 23501
    R—165 to 175 centimeters (65.0 to 68.9 inches); fragments.