IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Florence
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 97KS161048
  • User Pedon ID: 97KS161048
  • User Site Association ID: 96KS161-Colbert Hills Golf Course projectKansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 97KS161048
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41149
  • 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: 39.2180290
  • Std. Longitude: -96.6269989
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS161—Riley
  • MLRA: 76—Bluestem Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS161—Riley County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39096-B6—Keats, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. Wehmueller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey-skeletal, smectitic Udic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Florence
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey-skeletal, smectitic Udic Argiustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1997
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 23
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

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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

    2

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    390

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior, moist; silt loam; 26 percent clay; strong fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent by volume angular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR0556
    A2—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior, moist; extremely cobbly silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 6.0 fine roots around fragments; 30 percent by volume angular 20-48-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments and 50 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUR0557
    Bt—28 to 54 centimeters (11.0 to 21.3 inches);, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) exterior, moist; extremely cobbly clay; 60 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm; 3.0 fine roots around fragments; 60 percent prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on rock fragments; 90 percent by volume angular 75-162-250 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments. Lab sample # KSUR0558. continuous - phpvsfiid 21567; continuous - phpvsfiid 21567