IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Keith
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991KS081009
  • User Pedon ID: S1991KS081009
  • User Site Association ID: mlra72-benchmark lab pedonsmlra72-Ulysses labOLDmlra72-Ulysses lab pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0810
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63848
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 37.5558333
  • Std. Longitude: -101.0280556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29S
  • Range: 34W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 700 meters south and 670 meters east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: SE 1/4, NW 1/4
  • Map Unit: 1761—Richfield silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • State: Kansas
  • County: KS081—Haskell
  • MLRA: 72—Central High Tableland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KS081—Haskell County, Kansas
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37101-E1—Hickok SE, Kansas

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. Klamath, S. Glaum, H. LaGarry-Guyon
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 9
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Keith
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 23 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2016
  • Classifier - Tom Cochran
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 3
  • QA Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Landscape: tableland
  • Landform: plain
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 25
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    free carbonates

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—38

    0—439

    23—61

    38—61

    356—439

    —38—

    —439—

    —38—

    —23—

    —83—
    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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    910.4

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    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; weak fine granular structure; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4833
    Ap2—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4834
    Bt1—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4835
    Bt2—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches);, dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4836
    Btk—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4837
    C1—61 to 102 centimeters (24.0 to 40.2 inches);, brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; massive; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4838
    C2—102 to 145 centimeters (40.2 to 57.1 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; massive; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4839
    C3—145 to 208 centimeters (57.1 to 81.9 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; massive; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4840
    C4—208 to 234 centimeters (81.9 to 92.1 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loam; massive; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4841
    C5—234 to 244 centimeters (92.1 to 96.1 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; massive; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4842
    C6—244 to 269 centimeters (96.1 to 105.9 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loam; massive; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4843
    C7—269 to 315 centimeters (105.9 to 124.0 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; loam; massive; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4844. common fine threads of CaCO3
    C8—315 to 356 centimeters (124.0 to 140.2 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loam; massive; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4845
    2Bt—356 to 396 centimeters (140.2 to 155.9 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist; loam; weak medium blocky structure; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4846
    2BC—396 to 439 centimeters (155.9 to 172.8 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist; very fine sandy loam; weak fine blocky structure; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P4847