IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Spearville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963KS057002
  • User Pedon ID: S1963KS057002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5193
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41890
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 37.8825378
  • Std. Longitude: -100.1173553
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 25S
  • Range: 25W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 680 feet south and 160 feet east of the northwest corner
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS057—Ford
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS057—Ford County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. A. Dodge
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Spearville
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1963 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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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    508

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    12.8

    25.6

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; hard when dry, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39059
    B21t—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; 21.0 roots; 0.5 pores; on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39060
    B22t—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39061
    B3ca—53 to 81 centimeters (20.9 to 31.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm; 21.0 fine roots; 10 percent clay films in root channels and/or pores; 21 percent fine threadlike carbonate concretions and 21 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39062. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190442; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190442
    C1ca—81 to 112 centimeters (31.9 to 44.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; massive, and weak fine subangular blocky; hard when dry, friable; 21.0 fine roots; 21.0 fine pores; 21 percent fine threadlike carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39063
    C2ca—112 to 147 centimeters (44.1 to 57.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 21.0 fine pores; 21 percent fine threadlike carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39064
    C3ca—147 to 183 centimeters (57.9 to 72.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 21.0 fine pores; 21 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39065
    A1b—183 to 267 centimeters (72.0 to 105.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 21.0 fine pores; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A39066