IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Osage
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997KS031001
  • User Pedon ID: 97KS031001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0059
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10332
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 38.0758324
  • Std. Longitude: -95.6971130
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23S
  • Range: 16E
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 731 meters south and 411 meters east of the NW corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS031—Coffey
  • MLRA: 112—Cherokee Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS031—Coffey County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38095-A6—Le Roy, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Owens, Evans, and Plinsky
  • 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
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Osage
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic Typic Epiaquerts
  • Classificaton Date - 10/7/1997
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Microfeature: gilgai
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/7/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 49
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    cambic horizon

    9—80

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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

    1

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    302

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    90

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    A—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) crushed silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 medium roots throughout and 5.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P00417
    Bw—9 to 26 centimeters (3.5 to 10.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) exterior silty clay; 2 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine faint irregular mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 6.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P00418
    Bg—26 to 58 centimeters (10.2 to 22.8 inches); black (N 2/), exterior clay; 2 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine distinct irregular and 2 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine distinct irregular mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P00419
    Bssg1—58 to 97 centimeters (22.8 to 38.2 inches); black (N 2/), exterior clay; 2 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine distinct irregular mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine roots between peds; 2.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent distinct black (N 2/), moist, skeletans throughout; 1 percent fine spherical extremely weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P00420. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 201416; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 201416
    Bssg2—97 to 138 centimeters (38.2 to 54.3 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior silty clay; 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct irregular mottles; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 10 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, skeletans throughout; 3 percent fine spherical extremely weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P00421. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 201417; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 201417
    Bssg3—138 to 170 centimeters (54.3 to 66.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior silty clay; 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct irregular mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent fine spherical noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P00422
    2Bssg4—170 to 215 centimeters (66.9 to 84.6 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior silty clay; 5 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct irregular and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) medium distinct irregular mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 98P00423