IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muscotah
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994KS131001
  • User Pedon ID: 94KS131001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0413
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66634
  • 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: 39.9469452
  • Std. Longitude: -96.0722198
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 12E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 1400 feet north and 350 feet west of the southeast corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS131—Nemaha
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS131—Nemaha County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • 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
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muscotah
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Vertic Hapludolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/18/1994
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey alluvium
  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: negligible
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods
  • Ponding: occasional ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/18/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) exterior and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed silt loam; weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P02655
    Ap2—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) exterior and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 medium roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P02656
    A—30 to 49 centimeters (11.8 to 19.3 inches); black (10YR 2/1) exterior and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P02657
    Bss1—49 to 75 centimeters (19.3 to 29.5 inches); black (10YR 2/1) exterior and black (10YR 2/1) crushed silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 5.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) nonintersecting slickensides throughout; 1 percent fine brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P02658. iron accumulations
    Bss2—75 to 107 centimeters (29.5 to 42.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) exterior and black (10YR 2/1) crushed silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) nonintersecting slickensides throughout; 1 percent fine brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P02659. iron accumulations
    Bss3—107 to 134 centimeters (42.1 to 52.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior silty clay; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 3 percent black (10YR 2/1) nonintersecting slickensides throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P02660. mottles are redoximorphic features
    Bss4—134 to 155 centimeters (52.8 to 61.0 inches); 60 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior and 40 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior silty clay loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) organic stains in root channels and/or pores and 3 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) nonintersecting slickensides throughout; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P02661. mottles are redoximorphic features
    Bss5—155 to 215 centimeters (61.0 to 84.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed silty clay loam; 9 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) organic stains in root channels and/or pores and 3 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) nonintersecting slickensides throughout; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent fine brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P02662. mottles are redoximorphic features
    Bss6—215 to 230 centimeters (84.6 to 90.6 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior silty clay; 9 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 fine pores; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) organic stains in root channels and/or pores and 3 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) nonintersecting slickensides throughout; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 3 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 94P02663. krotovina or crack 10YR 3/2, mottles are redoximorphic features