IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kimo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 97KS045001s
  • User Pedon ID: 97KS045001s
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 97KS045001s
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41125
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 38.0138889
  • Std. Longitude: -95.2208333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12 S
  • Range: 20 E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet south and 800 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Map Unit: Km—KIMO SILTY CLAY LOAM, RARELY FLOODED
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS045—Douglas
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS045—Douglas County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39095-A2—Midland, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Evans
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey over loamy, smectitic, mesic Fluvaquentic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kimo
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey over loamy, smectitic, mesic Fluvaquentic Hapludolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/25/1997
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 33.900002 percent of Percent clay in the control section and percent of Percent sand in the control section and percent of Percent silt in the control section and 56 cm of Depth to coarse silts


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey alluvium over loamy alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: rare flooding for brief periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/25/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 5
  • 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

    0—56

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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
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    A1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) clay; 1 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 64 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS1259
    A2—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay; 1 percent sand; 33 percent silt; 66 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS1260
    AC—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay; 1 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 63 percent clay; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS1261
    2C1—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; 2 percent sand; 85 percent silt; 13 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS1262
    2C2—74 to 122 centimeters (29.1 to 48.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; 9 percent sand; 77 percent silt; 14 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS1263