IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Benfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 97KS161049
  • User Pedon ID: 97KS161049
  • 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 # - 97KS161049
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41150
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 39.2153206
  • Std. Longitude: -96.6295624
  • 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: Fine, smectitic Udertic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Benfield
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic Udertic Argiustolls
  • Classificaton Date - 7/5/1997
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Field Measured Properties: 53.34 cm of Depth to free lime and 53 cm of Depth to free lime


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/5/1997 (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 Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

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    78 - 100

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    paralithic contact

    0—41

    29—78

    78—

    —41—

    —49—

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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

    16

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    375

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    180

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    A1—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 33 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; firm; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR0559
    A2—9 to 29 centimeters (3.5 to 11.4 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; very gravelly silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 40 percent by volume subangular 20-48-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUR0560. Bulk density samples collected.
    2Bt1—29 to 40 centimeters (11.4 to 15.7 inches);, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) exterior, moist; silty clay; 50 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 20 percent faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUR0561. Bulk density and thin section samples collected.; continuous - phpvsfiid 21521; continuous - phpvsfiid 21521
    2Bt2—40 to 53 centimeters (15.7 to 20.9 inches);, dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) crushed, moist; silty clay; 60 percent clay; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 4 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, cherty fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUR0562. Bulk density and thin section samples collected.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 21522; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 21522
    2Bt3—53 to 78 centimeters (20.9 to 30.7 inches);, 50 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior, moist; very gravelly silty clay; 55 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 50 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on rock fragments; 50 percent by volume well rounded 20-48-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # KSUR0563. Bulk density and thin section samples collected.; continuous - phpvsfiid 21523; continuous - phpvsfiid 21523
    3Cr—78 to 100 centimeters (30.7 to 39.4 inches); fragments.