IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sarcoxie
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 97KS177022s
  • User Pedon ID: 97KS177022s
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 97KS177022s
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41151
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 10 S
  • Range: 15 E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: n1/2 of southeast corner
  • Location Description: SAMPLED FOR KSU LAB
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS177—Shawnee
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS177—Shawnee County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Larry Sabata
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sarcoxie
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/20/2011
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SND
  • Classificaton Date - 11/20/1997
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey loess over loamy till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/20/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • 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—28

    28—175

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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

    3

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    225

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS1601
    A—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS1602
    Bt1—28 to 53 centimeters (11.0 to 20.9 inches); 50 percent brown (10YR 4/3) and 50 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) silty clay loam; 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS1603
    Bt2—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS1605
    Bt2—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS1604
    2Bt3—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay loam; 20 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) coarse prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS1606
    2Bt4—102 to 132 centimeters (40.2 to 52.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 5 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS1607
    3Bt5—132 to 147 centimeters (52.0 to 57.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) gravelly clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS1608
    3Bt6—147 to 175 centimeters (57.9 to 68.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) clay; light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and 5 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) coarse prominent mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; clay films; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS1609
    3BC—175 to 196 centimeters (68.9 to 77.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay; 20 percent light gray (5Y 7/2) coarse prominent mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # KSUSS1610