IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Armo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010KS167002
  • User Pedon ID: S10KS167002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 10N0481
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 28277
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 39.0148888
  • Std. Longitude: -98.6322479
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 12
  • Range: 12
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 522 ft south and 128 ft east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: About 9 miles north and 4 miles east of Bunker Hill, Russell County, Kansas.
  • Map Unit: Ag—ARMO LOAM, 7 TO 15 PERCENT SLOPES2521—Armo loam, 7 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS167—Russell
  • MLRA: 73—Rolling Plains and Breaks
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS167—Russell County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 39098-A6—Luray, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. Bricknell, R. Still
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Entic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Armo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Entic Haplustolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/20/2009
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty colluvium derived from mixed over loamy colluvium derived from limestone and shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/20/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 19
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    cambic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    lithologic discontinuity

    gypsum accumulations

    0—46

    46—138

    115—196

    138—215

    138—196

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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

    8

    —

    —

    —

    —

    110

    686

    —

    —

    12.2

    25

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    A1—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches);, black (10YR 2/1) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 13 percent sand; 29 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented ? to 10-? millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented ? to 3-? millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01966; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A2—14 to 26 centimeters (5.5 to 10.2 inches);, black (10YR 2/1) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 11 percent sand; 29 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented ? to 7-? millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented ? to 3-? millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01967; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A3—26 to 46 centimeters (10.2 to 18.1 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 13 percent sand; 31 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; nonflat rounded strongly coherent cemented ? to 4-? millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01968; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—46 to 74 centimeters (18.1 to 29.1 inches);, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 8 percent sand; 33 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded strongly coherent cemented ? to 4-? millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 10N01969; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—74 to 115 centimeters (29.1 to 45.3 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 6 percent sand; 34 percent clay; moderate fine angular blocky parts to strong coarse prismatic structure; hard, firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented ? to 3-? millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N01970; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bk—115 to 138 centimeters (45.3 to 54.3 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior, moist; silty clay loam; 8 percent sand; 34 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 3 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses with sharp boundaries throughout and 1 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented ? to 3-? millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N01971; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2Btky1—138 to 155 centimeters (54.3 to 61.0 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior, moist; clay loam; 30 percent sand; 34 percent clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 4 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, gypsum masses with clear boundaries throughout and 1 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented ? to 3-? millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N01972; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 478216; patchy - phpvsfiid 478216
    2Btky2—155 to 196 centimeters (61.0 to 77.2 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3) exterior, moist; clay loam; 30 percent sand; 34 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 8 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent cylindrical strongly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; 15 percent fine distinct cylindrical weakly coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, gypsum crystals, unspecified with clear boundaries throughout and 2 percent medium prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded strongly coherent cemented ? to 5-? millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 10N01973; moist when described; observed in pit, small. patchy - phpvsfiid 478217; patchy - phpvsfiid 478217
    2C—196 to 215 centimeters (77.2 to 84.6 inches);, brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) exterior, moist; sandy clay loam; 53 percent sand; 32 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 2.0 very fine low-continuity tubular and 3.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded strongly coherent cemented ? to 5-? millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 10N01974; observed in pit, small