IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Missler
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 99KS119001
  • User Pedon ID: 99KS119001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 12/9/2025

    • 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: 37.3890556
  • Std. Longitude: -100.2374444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Kansas
  • MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS119—Meade County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steven P. Graber, Chad Remley, Roger Assmus
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Missler
  • Classificaton Date - 10/5/1999
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/5/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 10
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    Ap—0 to 33 centimeters (0.0 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; weak fine granular structure; hard, friable; 4.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt1—33 to 84 centimeters (13.0 to 33.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 4.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 tubular pores; 5 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 30112; continuous - phpvsfiid 30112
    Bt2—84 to 122 centimeters (33.1 to 48.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 4.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 tubular pores; 5 percent distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 30113; continuous - phpvsfiid 30113
    Bt3—122 to 206 centimeters (48.0 to 81.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, firm; 4.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 tubular pores; 5 percent distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium spherical carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 30114; continuous - phpvsfiid 30114
    Bt4—206 to 257 centimeters (81.1 to 101.2 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; moderate coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 tubular pores; 3 percent distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium spherical carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 30115; continuous - phpvsfiid 30115
    Bt5—257 to 368 centimeters (101.2 to 144.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; weak medium prismatic structure; hard, firm; 2.0 tubular pores; 2 percent distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium spherical carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 30116; continuous - phpvsfiid 30116
    Bt6—368 to 495 centimeters (144.9 to 194.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; weak medium prismatic structure; hard, firm; 2.0 tubular pores; 1 percent fine and medium spherical carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary.
    BC—495 to 610 centimeters (194.9 to 240.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; weak fine prismatic structure; hard, firm; 5 percent fine irregular masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; strong effervescence.