IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Woodson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 95KS059009s
  • User Pedon ID: 95KS059009s
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 95KS059009s
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41071
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 38.5384483
  • Std. Longitude: -95.2474213
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 17 S
  • Range: 20 E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 1100 feet north and 400 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: SAMPLED FOR KSU LAB Originally sent to KSU AS S95KS059002 PIEZOMETER SITE AT KSU EXPERIMENT FIELD
  • Map Unit: Wo—WOODSON SILT LOAM, 0 TO 1 PERCENT SLOPES
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS059—Franklin
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS059—Franklin County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38095-E2—Peoria, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Evans, R Plinsky
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, thermic Abruptic Argiaquolls
  • 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 - Woodson
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, thermic Abruptic Argiaquolls
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/9/1995
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey alluvium
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: flat
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/9/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 26
  • 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—86

    33—183

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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

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    A1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1090
    A2—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1091
    Bt1—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; strong fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 15 percent distinct clay films throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1092. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 23993; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 23993
    Btss2—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; nonintersecting slickensides and 15 percent distinct clay films throughout; 1 percent fine spherical magnetic shot throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1093. continuous - phpvsfiid 23994; continuous - phpvsfiid 23994
    Btss3—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; distinct clay films throughout and distinct nonintersecting slickensides throughout; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1094. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 23997; continuous - phpvsfiid 23996; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 23997; continuous - phpvsfiid 23996
    Btss4—86 to 109 centimeters (33.9 to 42.9 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) silty clay; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium faint mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; distinct clay films throughout; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1095. continuous - phpvsfiid 23998; continuous - phpvsfiid 23998
    Btssg5—109 to 183 centimeters (42.9 to 72.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; distinct clay films throughout; iron-manganese masses throughout and iron concretions throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1096. continuous - phpvsfiid 23999; continuous - phpvsfiid 23999
    Bssg6—183 to 236 centimeters (72.0 to 92.9 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) silty clay; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; distinct clay films throughout; iron-manganese masses; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1097. continuous - phpvsfiid 24000; continuous - phpvsfiid 24000
    Bssg7—236 to 279 centimeters (92.9 to 109.8 inches); 80 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 20 percent gray (5Y 6/1) silty clay; 30 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) coarse distinct mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS1098