IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Belvue
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
97KS103152s
User Pedon ID:
97KS103152s
User Site Association ID:
Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
KSU
Lab Pedon # -
97KS103152s
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
41135
Print Date:
2/17/2025
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:
38.9819450
Std. Longitude:
-95.0305557
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
12 S
Range:
21 E
Section:
25
PLSS Details:
1500 feet south and 1500 feet east of the northwest corner
Location Description:
SAMPLED FOR KSU LAB
State:
Kansas
County:
KS103—Leavenworth
MLRA:
106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
KS103—Leavenworth County, Kansas
PEDON
Describers Name:
B. Evans
Current Taxonomic Class:
Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Typic Udifluvents
Current Taxon Kind:
taxadjunct
Pedon Type:
map unit inclusion
Pedon Purpose:
research site
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from PDP 3.x
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Belvue
Taxonomic Class -
Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, mesic Typic Udifluvents
PSC -
25 to 100 cm.
Classificaton Date -
3/25/1997
Moisture Class -
udic
Moisture SUBClass -
udic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
Field Measured Properties:
5.6999998 percent of Percent clay in the control section and 71 percent of Percent sand in the control section and 23.299999 percent of Percent silt in the control section
SITE
Parent Material:
coarse-silty alluvium
Landscape:
river valley
Landform:
flood plain
Geomorphic Component Terraces:
tread
Drainage Class:
well
Flooding:
occasional flooding for brief periods
Geology:
Holliday Terrace Complex formation.
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
3/25/1997 (actual site observation date)
Air Photo ID:
52
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
ochric epipedon
0—20
—20—
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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loamy sand; 76 percent sand; 18 percent silt; 6 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS1290
C1—20 to 66 centimeters (7.9 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) sandy loam; 69 percent sand; 25 percent silt; 6 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS1291
C2—66 to 104 centimeters (26.0 to 40.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sandy loam; 73 percent sand; 22 percent silt; 6 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS1292
C3—104 to 122 centimeters (40.9 to 48.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; 45 percent sand; 47 percent silt; 8 percent clay; massive; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS1293
C4—122 to 150 centimeters (48.0 to 59.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sandy loam; 56 percent sand; 38 percent silt; 7 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS1294
C5—150 to 180 centimeters (59.1 to 70.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; 40 percent sand; 52 percent silt; 8 percent clay; massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS1295