IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Reading
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
97KS091001
User Pedon ID:
97KS091001
User Site Association ID:
Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
KSU
Lab Pedon # -
97KS091001
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
41130
Print Date:
1/31/2025
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:
38.9609680
Std. Longitude:
-94.9172821
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
12 S
Range:
22 E
Section:
36
PLSS Details:
1600 feet north and 2400 feet west of the southeast corner
Location Description:
SAMPLED FOR KSU LAB
State:
Kansas
County:
KS091—Johnson
MLRA:
106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
KS091—Johnson County, Kansas
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
38094-H8—De Soto, 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 -
3/17/1997
Moisture Class -
udic
Moisture SUBClass -
udic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
Field Measured Properties:
33.099998 percent of Percent clay in the control section and 3.5999999 percent of Percent sand in the control section and 66 percent of Percent silt in the control section and 68.58 cm of Depth to mottles
SITE
Parent Material:
fine-silty alluvium
Landscape:
valley
Landform:
stream terrace
Geomorphic Component Terraces:
tread
Drainage Class:
moderately well
Flooding:
rare flooding for brief periods
Geology:
Newman Terrace formation.
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
3/17/1997 (actual site observation date)
Air Photo ID:
8
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—130
56—147
—130—
—91—
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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245
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Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; 4 percent sand; 76 percent silt; 21 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS1270
A1—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; 3 percent sand; 75 percent silt; 22 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS1271
A2—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 73 percent silt; 24 percent clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS1272
Bt1—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 66 percent silt; 31 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 35 percent distinct clay films throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS1273. continuous - phpvsfiid 26950; continuous - phpvsfiid 26950
Bt2—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 62 percent silt; 35 percent clay; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 30 percent distinct clay films throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS1274. continuous - phpvsfiid 26951; continuous - phpvsfiid 26951
Bt3—94 to 130 centimeters (37.0 to 51.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 63 percent silt; 32 percent clay; 40 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 25 percent distinct clay films throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS1275. continuous - phpvsfiid 26952; continuous - phpvsfiid 26952
Bt4—130 to 147 centimeters (51.2 to 57.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 62 percent silt; 33 percent clay; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 20 percent distinct clay films throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS1276. continuous - phpvsfiid 26953; continuous - phpvsfiid 26953
BC—147 to 185 centimeters (57.9 to 72.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 8 percent sand; 60 percent silt; 32 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS1277