IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Reading
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 96KS197191
  • User Pedon ID: 96KS197191
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 96KS197191
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41111
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 39.1049995
  • Std. Longitude: -96.0022202
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11 S
  • Range: 13 E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 1100 feet north and 100 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: KSU LAB SAMPLE
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS197—Wabaunsee
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS197—Wabaunsee County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Evans
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Reading
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 56 to 106 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/11/1996
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 37.400002 percent of Percent clay in the control section and 4.4000001 percent of Percent sand in the control section and 58.5 percent of Percent silt in the control section


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: very rare flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/11/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 13
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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—124

    56—168

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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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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam; 9 percent sand; 69 percent silt; 22 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1124
    A—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam; 8 percent sand; 66 percent silt; 26 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1125
    BA—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silty clay loam; 4 percent sand; 64 percent silt; 32 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1126
    Bt1—56 to 86 centimeters (22.0 to 33.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay; 5 percent sand; 54 percent silt; 42 percent clay; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organic stains throughout and 20 percent distinct clay films throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1127. continuous - phpvsfiid 23228; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 23229; continuous - phpvsfiid 23228; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 23229
    Bt2—86 to 124 centimeters (33.9 to 48.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay; 3 percent sand; 53 percent silt; 45 percent clay; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 35 percent distinct clay films throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1128. continuous - phpvsfiid 23230; continuous - phpvsfiid 23230
    Bt3—124 to 168 centimeters (48.8 to 66.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; 4 percent sand; 60 percent silt; 35 percent clay; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1129. continuous - phpvsfiid 23231; continuous - phpvsfiid 23231
    BC—168 to 191 centimeters (66.1 to 75.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 6 percent sand; 62 percent silt; 32 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent faint clay films throughout; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS1130. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 23232; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 23232