IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): RICHFIELD
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957KS075003
  • User Pedon ID: S1957KS075003
  • User Site Association ID: mlra72-benchmark lab pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1804
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35962
  • 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: 38.1758347
  • Std. Longitude: -101.7705536
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21S
  • Range: 41W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet E and 165 feet N of the S1/4 corner
  • Location Description: 13 miles N of Syracuse.
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS075—Hamilton
  • MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS075—Hamilton County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Henry T. Otsuki
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - RICHFIELD
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Richfield
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: tableland
  • Landform: playa
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/10/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    1128

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    432

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14379
    B21t—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; clay films; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A14380. patchy - phpvsfiid 186452; patchy - phpvsfiid 186452
    B22t—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate and strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; distinct clay films; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A14381. continuous - phpvsfiid 186453; continuous - phpvsfiid 186453
    B2ca—28 to 61 centimeters (11.0 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; clay films; 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A14382. patchy - phpvsfiid 186454; patchy - phpvsfiid 186454
    Cca—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A14383
    C1—91 to 127 centimeters (35.8 to 50.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; massive; soft, very friable; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A14384
    C2—127 to 183 centimeters (50.0 to 72.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; massive; soft, very friable; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A14385