IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ladysmith
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 99KS177002lrs
  • User Pedon ID: 99KS177002lrs
  • User Site Association ID: 1992LRS-99-KS177-002Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 99KS177002l
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41180
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: T 12 S.
  • Range: R 17 E.
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4, SW1/4
  • Map Unit: Lm—LADYSMITH SILTY CLAY LOAM, 1 TO 3 PERCENT SLOPES
  • 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 R. Sabata
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Udertic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ladysmith
  • PSC - 30 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/20/2011
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ladysmith
  • Classificaton Date - 5/26/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey alluvium and/or residuum weathered from limestone and sandstone
  • Landscape: upland
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Bedrock: indurated moderate weathered limestone and sandstone at 198cm
  • Geology: Severy Shale formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/26/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 33
  • Microrelief Kind: microhigh
  • Microrelief Elevation: 331
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - partly cloudy
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    - 198

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—56

    31—81

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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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    —

    —

    —

    120

    838

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    180

    13

    —

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    14

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    —

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    Topeka

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    Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face, moist; loam; 34 percent sand; 40 percent silt; 26 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; friable; moderate permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1755; observed in push tube
    A—8 to 30 centimeters (3.1 to 11.8 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 61 percent silt; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; moderately slow permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1756; observed in push tube
    Bt1—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches);, very dark gray (10YR 3/1) broken face, moist; silty clay; 5 percent sand; 51 percent silt; 44 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; very slow permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 55 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1757; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 21107; continuous - phpvsfiid 21107
    Bt2—56 to 132 centimeters (22.0 to 52.0 inches);, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 57 percent silt; 38 percent clay; 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent irregular and 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium prominent irregular mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; slow permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; 55 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese concretions throughout and 1 percent medium irregular iron-manganese concretions throughout; fine irregular very pale brown (10YR 8/2), moist, carbonate masses infused into matrix along faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1758; observed in push tube. continuous - phpvsfiid 21108; continuous - phpvsfiid 21108
    2BC—132 to 198 centimeters (52.0 to 78.0 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face, moist; silty clay loam; 20 percent sand; 47 percent silt; 33 percent clay; 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent irregular mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately slow permeability; moderate excavation difficulty; sand coats on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine irregular iron-manganese concretions throughout and 5 percent medium irregular iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1759; observed in push tube. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 21109; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 21109
    2R—198 to 200 centimeters (78.0 to 78.7 inches); fragments. Lab sample # KSUSS1760