IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Catoosa

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 94KS205001

User Pedon ID: 94KS205001

Vegetation Plot ID: 94KS205001

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 # - 94KS205001

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41068

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: 37.6883888

Std. Longitude: -95.6044312

Datum: WGS84

Township: 27

Range: 16

Section: 24

PLSS Details: 2400 ft W., 300 ft S of NE corner

Map Unit: 8643—Catoosa silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes

State: Kansas

County: KS205—Wilson

MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS205—Wilson County, Kansas

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37095-F5—Vilas, Kansas

PEDON

Describers Name: D. Gastineau

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, thermic Oxyaquic Vertic 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, active, thermic Oxyaquic Vertic Argiudolls

PSC - 36 to 86 cm.

Classificaton Date - 6/14/1994

Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition

Moisture Class - udic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: residuum weathered from limestone and shale

Landscape: plains

Landform: ridge

Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope

Hill Slope Profile: summit

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: convex

Runoff: low

Drainage Class: moderately well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Bedrock: indurated slight weathered limestone, unspecified at 91cm with 10 to <45

Geology: Stanton Limestone formation of the Lansing Group group.

Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 6/14/1994 (actual site observation date)

Air Photo ID: 11

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

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
ANGE PAVI2 SCSC SONU2	Andropogon gerardii Panicum virgatum Schizachyrium scoparium Sorghastrum nutans	big bluestem switchgrass little bluestem Indiangrass	— — — —	— — — —	— — — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
bedrock, lithic	indurated	91 -	—

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
lithic contact mollic epipedon redox concentrations argillic horizon	—91 0—36 18—91 36—86	—- —36— —73— —50—

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
1	—	—	317	—	90	991	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (7.5YR 2/1) crushed; strong coarse granular parts to strong medium granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 12.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 15.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0845; observed in pit, small

A2—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); black (7.5YR 2/1) crushed; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium and coarse granular structure; hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 9.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 12.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0846; observed in pit, small

BA—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) crushed; 26 percent clay; strong coarse granular parts to moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 6.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0847; observed in pit, small

Bt1—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior; 32 percent clay; strong coarse granular parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and strong coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0848; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 27216; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 27216

Bt2—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior; 33 percent clay; moderate coarse granular parts to moderate medium subangular blocky parts to strong coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 4.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine and fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films throughout; 3 percent fine distinct spherical weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions with clear boundaries in matrix and 12 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0849; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 27217; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 27217

2Bt3—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) crushed; 41 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 30 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, black stains on all faces of peds and 70 percent prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine distinct spherical weakly coherent cemented black (N 2/0), moist, iron-manganese concretions with clear boundaries in matrix and 20 percent coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume flat subrounded indurated 150-265-380 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 2 percent by volume flat angular noncoherent cemented 5-20-150 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0850; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 27220; continuous - phpvsfiid 27221; continuous - phpvsfiid 27220; continuous - phpvsfiid 27221

2R—91 to 96 centimeters (35.8 to 37.8 inches); fragments.; observed in pit, small