IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pawnee

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2006KS131001

User Pedon ID: S06KS131001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 07N0029

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18736

Print Date: 11/26/2024

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: 39.8463326

Std. Longitude: -96.1426086

Datum: WGS84

Township: 2 S

Range: 11 E

Section: 25

PLSS Details: 2260 feet north and 695 east of the southwest corner

Location Description: About 2 miles east and 0.5 miles north of Baileyville, Kansas. Characterization site

Map Unit: 7510—Pawnee clay, 3 to 7 percent slopes, eroded

State: Kansas

County: KS131—Nemaha

MLRA: 106—Nebraska and Kansas Loess-Drift Hills

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS131—Nemaha County, Kansas

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39096-G1—Seneca, Kansas

PEDON

Describers Name: P.Abel & L.Sabata, JC Remley, J. Warner, W. Wehmueller

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Vertic Argiudolls

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: representative pedon for component

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Pedon #: 1

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Pawnee

PSC - 22 to 79 cm.

Classificaton Date - 7/6/2010

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Pawnee

Classificaton Date - 10/16/2006

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 2

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: clayey drift

Landscape: upland

Landform: hillside

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Position: middle third

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: concave

Runoff: high

Drainage Class: moderately well

Flooding: none flooding

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 10/16/2006 (entry creation date)

Surface Water Kind: none observed

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop

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 redox concentrations slickensides redox depletions with chroma 2 or less secondary carbonates	0—22 22—118 22— 22—90 90— 90—	—22— —96— —- —68— —- —-

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
5	—	—	378	—	315	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior clay loam; 31 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine dendritic tubular pores; ; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 07N00142; observed in trench

Ap2—13 to 22 centimeters (5.1 to 8.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior clay loam; 33 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00143; observed in trench

Btss1—22 to 33 centimeters (8.7 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) exterior clay; 49 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine irregular pores; 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds and 20 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds and 35 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent fine prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, and yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-20 millimeter quartzite fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00144; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 491403; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 491404; patchy - phpvsfiid 491405; continuous - phpvsfiid 491403; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 491404; patchy - phpvsfiid 491405

Btss2—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior clay; 49 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine irregular pores; 20 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds and 35 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-20 millimeter quartzite fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00145; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 491406; continuous - phpvsfiid 491407; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 491406; continuous - phpvsfiid 491407

Btss3—46 to 68 centimeters (18.1 to 26.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) exterior clay; 47 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine irregular pores; 10 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds and 20 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-20 millimeter quartzite fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00146; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 491408; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 491409; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 491408; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 491409

Btss4—68 to 90 centimeters (26.8 to 35.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior clay; 44 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine irregular pores; 5 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds and 10 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries infused into matrix along faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-20 millimeter quartzite fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00147; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 491410; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 491411; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 491410; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 491411

Btk—90 to 118 centimeters (35.4 to 46.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior clay loam; 40 percent clay; weak medium prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine irregular pores; 5 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent irregular light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions infused into matrix along faces of peds and 10 percent fine and medium prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron infused into matrix along faces of peds; 2 percent fine irregular carbonate concretions throughout and 2 percent medium irregular carbonate masses throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-20 millimeter quartzite fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00148; observed in trench. patchy - phpvsfiid 491412; patchy - phpvsfiid 491412

BCk—118 to 171 centimeters (46.5 to 67.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) exterior clay loam; 38 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine irregular pores; 2 percent fine irregular manganese masses throughout and 5 percent fine and medium prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron infused into matrix along faces of peds and 30 percent irregular light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions infused into matrix along faces of peds; 5 percent medium irregular carbonate masses throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-20 millimeter quartzite fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 07N00149; observed in trench

Ck—171 to 200 centimeters (67.3 to 78.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) exterior clay loam; 36 percent clay; weak very coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent fine and medium prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron infused into matrix along faces of peds and 10 percent fine and medium irregular manganese masses throughout and 30 percent irregular light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions infused into matrix along faces of peds; 20 percent medium and coarse irregular carbonate masses throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-?-50 millimeter quartzite fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 07N00150; observed in trench