IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Reading
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
99KS197003
User Pedon ID:
99KS197003
User Site Association ID:
Kansas State University Laboratory Pedons
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
KSU
Lab Pedon # -
99KS197003
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
41182
Print Date:
4/19/2025
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:
38.9538116
Std. Longitude:
-95.9859772
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
13S
Range:
13E
Section:
5
PLSS Details:
1450 ft. south, and 450 ft. west of the northeast corner
Map Unit:
RE—READING SILTY CLAY LOAM
State:
Kansas
County:
KS197—Wabaunsee
MLRA:
76—Bluestem Hills
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
KS197—Wabaunsee County, Kansas
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
38095-H8—Dover, Kansas
PEDON
Describers Name:
W. Wehmueller
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-silty, active, mesic Pachic Argiudolls
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
within range of map unit
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Reading
PSC -
41 to 91 cm.
Classificaton Date -
10/20/2011
Moisture Subclass -
udic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Reading
Classificaton Date -
7/2/1999
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
silty alluvium
Landscape:
alluvial plain
Geomorphic Component Terraces:
tread
Slope Complexity:
simple
Slope Shape Across:
linear
Slope Shape Down:
linear
Runoff:
medium
Drainage Class:
well
Flooding:
none flooding
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
7/2/1999 (actual site observation date)
Air Photo ID:
40
Surface Water Kind:
none observed
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
crop cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
row crop
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Current Weather -
sunny
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
mollic epipedon
argillic horizon
0—91
41—122
—91—
—81—
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
1
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317
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90
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Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 29 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1748; observed in push tube
BA—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 30 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1749; observed in push tube
Bt1—41 to 91 centimeters (16.1 to 35.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 35 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 15 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1750; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 21112; patchy - phpvsfiid 21112
Bt2—91 to 112 centimeters (35.8 to 44.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed silty clay; 6 percent sand; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 15 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1751; observed in push tube. Horizon split for sampling.; patchy - phpvsfiid 21111; patchy - phpvsfiid 21111
Bt2—112 to 122 centimeters (44.1 to 48.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed silty clay; 6 percent sand; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; 15 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # KSUSS1752; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 571431; patchy - phpvsfiid 571431
BC—122 to 140 centimeters (48.0 to 55.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed and dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior silty clay; 8 percent sand; 41 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 10 percent faint pressure faces on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1. Lab sample # KSUSS1753; observed in push tube. Horizon split for sampling.; patchy - phpvsfiid 21110; patchy - phpvsfiid 21110
BC—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) crushed and dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior silty clay; 8 percent sand; 41 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; 10 percent faint pressure faces on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1. Lab sample # KSUSS1754; observed in push tube. patchy - phpvsfiid 571432; patchy - phpvsfiid 571432