IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muscotah
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 96KS197193
  • User Pedon ID: 96KS197193
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 96KS197193
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41113
  • 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: 39.0991669
  • Std. Longitude: -95.9847260
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11 S
  • Range: 13 E
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet south and 50 feet east of the northwest 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, smectitic, mesic Cumulic Hapludolls
  • 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 - Muscotah
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Cumulic Hapludolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/30/1996
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/30/1996 (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

    cambic horizon

    0—79

    36—79

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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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; 24 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1131
    A—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; 33 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1132
    Bw1—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); black (2.5Y 2/1) silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1133
    Bw2—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches); black (2.5Y 2/1) silty clay; 41 percent clay; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1134
    Bg1—79 to 119 centimeters (31.1 to 46.9 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) silty clay; 46 percent clay; 35 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) coarse faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent fine spherical throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1135
    Bg2—119 to 145 centimeters (46.9 to 57.1 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) silty clay loam; 39 percent clay; 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent fine spherical throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1136
    Bg3—145 to 191 centimeters (57.1 to 75.2 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) silty clay loam; 35 percent clay; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS1137