IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muir
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 95KS161046
  • User Pedon ID: 95KS161046
  • User Site Association ID: 208295KS161-Kansas Forest Service NurseryKansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - ksf1
  • Transect Stop Number - 7
  • Transect Interval - 100.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 95KS161046
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41087
  • Print Date: 1/29/2025

    • 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: 39.1359749
  • Std. Longitude: -96.6404419
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS161—Riley
  • MLRA: 76—Bluestem Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS161—Riley County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39096-B6—Keats, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Wehmueller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed Typic Hapludolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muir
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed Typic Hapludolls
  • Classificaton Date - 4/13/1995
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 16 percent of Percent clay in the control section and 82.900002 percent of Percent silt in the control section and 152.4 cm of Depth of solum


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: rare flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/13/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 31
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    A

    Bw1

    Bw2

    BC

    0

    23

    38

    53

    89

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ap

    A

    Bw1

    Bw2

    BC

    0

    23

    38

    53

    89

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    5.7

    5.5

    5.4

    5.6

    5.7

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap

    A

    Bw1

    Bw2

    BC

    0

    23

    38

    53

    89

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—38

    38—152

    —38—

    —114—
    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

    —

    —

    319

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed silt loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0925. KSU lab data: 3.1% organic matter. 20.1% clay content.
    A—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed silt loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0926. KSU lab data: 2.1% organic matter. 19.5% clay content.
    Bw1—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior and brown (10YR 5/3) crushed silt loam; 17 percent clay; weak fine prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0927. KSU lab data: 1.5% organic matter. 18.5% clay content.
    Bw2—53 to 89 centimeters (20.9 to 35.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior silt loam; 11 percent clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.6, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS0928. Krotivina 2 inch diameter filled with material that is 10YR 4/3 and 10YR 3/2 occupy 5 percent of this horizon. KSU lab data: .9% organic matter. 14.4% clay content.
    BC—89 to 152 centimeters (35.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior very fine sandy loam; 6 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter. Lab sample # KSUSS0929. The layer below this horizon is calcareous with calcium carbonate accumulations, however, this horizon was not sampled. KSU lab data: 14% clay content.