IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morrill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 97KS045004s
  • User Pedon ID: 97KS045004s
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 97KS045004s
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41127
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 38.8816681
  • Std. Longitude: -95.1330566
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13 S
  • Range: 20 E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 900 feet south and 1000 feet west of the northeast corner
  • 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: 38095-H2—Lawrence East, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: B. Evans, L. Sabata
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Morrill
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • PSC - 48 to 98 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/22/1997
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Bedrock: moderately coherent at 137cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/22/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 21
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    moderately coherent

    137 -

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

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—48

    48—119

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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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    A1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; 35 percent sand; 43 percent silt; 22 percent clay; moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS1376
    A2—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; 39 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 21 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium granular structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS1377
    BA—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; 41 percent sand; 35 percent silt; 24 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS1378
    Bw1—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; 46 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 26 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS1379
    Bw2—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; 51 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 24 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS1380
    Bw3—79 to 104 centimeters (31.1 to 40.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; 51 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 23 percent clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses throughout; 3 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS1381
    Bw4—104 to 119 centimeters (40.9 to 46.9 inches); 50 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) exterior and 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) exterior sandy loam; 55 percent sand; 27 percent silt; 18 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese masses throughout; 3 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS1382
    BC—119 to 137 centimeters (46.9 to 53.9 inches); 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) exterior and 50 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) exterior sandy loam; 54 percent sand; 26 percent silt; 20 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; 50 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS1383
    Cr—137 to 147 centimeters (53.9 to 57.9 inches); weathered bedrock; fragments.