IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Detroit
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979KS169001
  • User Pedon ID: S1979KS169001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 79P0324
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47057
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 38.8701389
  • Std. Longitude: -97.5754167
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14 S.
  • Range: 2 W.
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet east and 160 feet south of the NW corner
  • Map Unit: De—DETROIT SILTY CLAY LOAM, RARELY FLOODED3725—Detroit silty clay loam, rarely flooded
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS169—Saline
  • MLRA: 74—Central Kansas Sandstone Hills
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SAL—Salina, Kansas
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS169—Saline County, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. Brown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Detroit (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 37 to 87 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/18/2014
  • Classifier - D. Kohake
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Detroit
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1979
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: stream terrace on river valley
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: rare flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1979 (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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    redox concentrations

    0—96

    37—96

    96—117

    96—152

    —96—

    —59—

    —21—

    —56—
    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

    0

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    —

    369

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    Ap—0 to 17 centimeters (0.0 to 6.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; few very fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01679
    AB—17 to 37 centimeters (6.7 to 14.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; few very fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01680
    Bt1—37 to 58 centimeters (14.6 to 22.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; few very fine roots; distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01681
    Bt2—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; few very fine roots; distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01682
    Bt3—81 to 96 centimeters (31.9 to 37.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 79P01683
    Bk—96 to 117 centimeters (37.8 to 46.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fine carbonate masses; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01684
    C1—117 to 135 centimeters (46.1 to 53.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium faint mottles; structureless massive; slightly hard, very friable; fine iron-manganese masses and medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fine carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 79P01685
    C2—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; silt loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; slightly hard, friable; medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fine carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 79P01686