IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Catoosa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 94KS125001
  • User Pedon ID: 94KS125001
  • User Site Association ID: MLRA 112 Wagstaff Catoosa projectKansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 94KS125001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41050
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 37.3788872
  • Std. Longitude: -95.8197250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 31S
  • Range: 14E
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 2600 feet south and 165 feet east of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: About 7 miles north and 4 miles east of Elk City, Kansas.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS125—Montgomery
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS125—Montgomery County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37095-D7—Lafontaine, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Gastineau and Owens
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, thermic Pachic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Catoosa
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, thermic Pachic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/17/1994
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey residuum weathered from limestone and shale
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: at 119cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/17/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 2
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    lithic contact

    0—58

    41—119

    119—

    —58—

    —78—

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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

    2

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    135

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    A—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed silt loam; 33 percent clay; strong medium granular, and medium structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 8.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout; 11.0 very fine and fine high-continuity tubular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0834
    BA—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) crushed silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and strong medium structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 9.0 very fine and fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 7.0 very fine and fine high-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0835. This horizon has an estimated 27% clay.
    Bt1—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed silty clay loam; 47 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 6.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 30 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 4 percent fine and medium spherical noncoherent cemented black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions throughout; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0836. This horizon has an estimated 32 percent clay. It also has some linestone stones> 15"" across the longest axis.; continuous - phpvsfiid 27214; continuous - phpvsfiid 27214
    Bt2—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) crushed silty clay; 43 percent clay; 30 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) coarse prominent irregular mottles; strong fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 70 percent prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 6 percent fine and medium spherical noncoherent cemented black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions throughout; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0837. This horizon has an estimated 40% caly. It also has areas with limestone stones >15"" along their longer axis.; continuous - phpvsfiid 27215; continuous - phpvsfiid 27215
    Btss—74 to 119 centimeters (29.1 to 46.9 inches); 40 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) broken face and 40 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2) broken face and 20 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) broken face silty clay; 53 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 4.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 15 percent prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds and 80 percent prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine and medium spherical noncoherent cemented black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions throughout; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 1 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS0838. 47% estimated clay content. areas of 20% limestone stones > 15" in dia.; continuous - phpvsfiid 27218; continuous - phpvsfiid 27219; continuous - phpvsfiid 27218; continuous - phpvsfiid 27219
    R—119 to 125 centimeters (46.9 to 49.2 inches); bedrock; fragments.