IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Martin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 98KS177007
  • User Pedon ID: 98KS177007
  • User Site Association ID: Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 98KS177007
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41166
  • Print Date: 2/3/2025

    • 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: 38.9000015
  • Std. Longitude: -95.6166687
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 13 S
  • Range: 16 E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: southeast corner
  • Map Unit: Mc—MARTIN SILTY CLAY LOAM, 3 TO 7 PERCENT SLOPES
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS177—Shawnee
  • MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS177—Shawnee County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 38095-H5—Richland, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. Sabata
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Martin
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/9/1999
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey loess over silty and clayey residuum weathered from shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/9/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 44
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—41

    28—79

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    —51—
    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
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    A1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS2374; observed in push tube
    A2—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS2375
    Bt1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 40 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) clay films on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS2376. continuous - phpvsfiid 209482; continuous - phpvsfiid 209482
    Bt2—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay; strong medium subangular blocky parts to strong fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 35 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) clay films throughout; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS2377. continuous - phpvsfiid 209483; continuous - phpvsfiid 209483
    Bt3—69 to 105 centimeters (27.2 to 41.3 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay; strong medium subangular blocky parts to strong fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 30 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) clay films throughout; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS2378. continuous - phpvsfiid 209485; continuous - phpvsfiid 209485
    Bt4—105 to 115 centimeters (41.3 to 45.3 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) silty clay; strong medium subangular blocky parts to strong fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 10.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) clay films throughout; fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS2379. continuous - phpvsfiid 209487; continuous - phpvsfiid 209487